A Chinese jade snuff bottle, Republic period (1912-1949), the well-hollowed flattened tapering...
A Chinese jade snuff bottle, Republic period (1912-1949), the well-hollowed flattened tapering body flanked with two mask and ring handles to the sides, carved with a blossoming prunus branch to one side, the reverse with a poem, which translates to: 'Only after weathering the bitterest cold can the plum blossom release its sweetest fragrance' (7cm high) Provenance: From a private English collection in Cambridge. Footnote: 民国 玉雕梅花诗文鼻烟壶 Condition Report: Minute chips to edges. Cracks to stone.
A Chinese jade snuff bottle, Republic period (1912-1949), the well-hollowed flattened tapering body flanked with two mask and ring handles to the sides, carved with a blossoming prunus branch to one side, the reverse with a poem, which translates to: 'Only after weathering the bitterest cold can the plum blossom release its sweetest fragrance' (7cm high) Provenance: From a private English collection in Cambridge. Footnote: 民国 玉雕梅花诗文鼻烟壶 Condition Report: Minute chips to edges. Cracks to stone.
