Asian Art II - 21st May 2025
Lot 604
λ FIVE CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES IN JADE AND HARDSTONE
Estimate £1,000 - £2,000 | Hammer £5040
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Description
λ FIVE CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES IN JADE AND HARDSTONE
QING DYNASTY
9.5cm max. (5)
The corn-shaped bottle with a copy of an invoice for The Little Shop, dated 1963.
Four in pale celadon jade, one carved in relief as a corn cob, another carved with bats amongst stylised clouds, a third carved with a crane flying above a rocky landscape, the fourth carved with a stylised chilong, the fifth in a mottled brown hardstone.
From an English private collection, the corn-shaped bottle with a copy of an invoice for The Little Shop, dated 18th June 1963.