Asian Art I - 15th November 2016
Lot 49
A FINE CHINESE WHITE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE 1750-1820 The ovoid body carved in shallow relief with a...
Estimate £3,000 - £5,000 | Hammer £9800
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A FINE CHINESE WHITE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
1750-1820
The ovoid body carved in shallow relief with a large fruit issuing from a gnarled branch with a smaller fruit to one side, each decorated with geometric designs, a single bat in flight beneath them, the base with a mark which reads yu pu (precious jade), 6.4cm.
Provenance: formerly in the collection of Reverend Dr K H Uttley (1901- 1972).
Cf. M Holdsworth & C Munn, Dictionary of Hong Kong Biography, p.444.