A white jade pebble-form snuff bottle
18th/19th century
18th/19th century
Well-hollowed, the lustrous creamy-white stone smoothly polished retaining the natural irregular shape of the pebble and faintly accentuated with russet patches, stopper. 6.8cm (2 5/8in) high. (2).
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Provenance:
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 3 November 1994, lot 983
A distinguished Asian private collection
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The present lot displays a superb quality of the precious stone with a silky polish to the surface, displaying a sumptuous texture and an outstanding colour.
Compare with two sets of ten gourd-shaped snuff bottles of similar form and size, illustrated in Snuff Bottles in the Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1991, pp.143 and 164, nos.113 and 159. See also a white jade 'pebble' snuff bottle from the Lizzadro collection, 1750-1850, which was sold at Christie's New York, 21 March 2013, lot 8961; and another related example, 18th century, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 1-2 June 2015, lot 690.
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18th/19th century
18th/19th century
Well-hollowed, the lustrous creamy-white stone smoothly polished retaining the natural irregular shape of the pebble and faintly accentuated with russet patches, stopper. 6.8cm (2 5/8in) high. (2).
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Provenance:
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 3 November 1994, lot 983
A distinguished Asian private collection
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??????1994?11?3??????983
????????
The present lot displays a superb quality of the precious stone with a silky polish to the surface, displaying a sumptuous texture and an outstanding colour.
Compare with two sets of ten gourd-shaped snuff bottles of similar form and size, illustrated in Snuff Bottles in the Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1991, pp.143 and 164, nos.113 and 159. See also a white jade 'pebble' snuff bottle from the Lizzadro collection, 1750-1850, which was sold at Christie's New York, 21 March 2013, lot 8961; and another related example, 18th century, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 1-2 June 2015, lot 690.
???????????????????????????????????????????????????1991???143?164???113?159?????????Lizzadro????????????1750-1850???????????2013?3?21??????8961?????????????2015?6?1-2??????690?
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