Chinese Green and Brown Jade or Hardstone Snuff Bottle
footed flask form with relief carved decoration of a robed man beneath a tree carrying peach branch, pink and green stone stopper/cap with red wooden spoon, 2-7/8 x 1-3/4 in., with fitted carved wood stand
Provenance: Estate of Hortense Huntsberry Loeb, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; by descent in family
Note: In 1956, the children of Hortense Huntsberry Loeb, donated a group of items to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. To view this collection of Chinese Art, please visit: https://www.philamuseum.org/search?q=loeb&cat=collection&from=24&size=12
Condition Report: surface dirt and accretion, small chip to foot, spoon and cap broken off but retained, stand with small break and loss to one support (still structurally sound)
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footed flask form with relief carved decoration of a robed man beneath a tree carrying peach branch, pink and green stone stopper/cap with red wooden spoon, 2-7/8 x 1-3/4 in., with fitted carved wood stand
Provenance: Estate of Hortense Huntsberry Loeb, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; by descent in family
Note: In 1956, the children of Hortense Huntsberry Loeb, donated a group of items to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. To view this collection of Chinese Art, please visit: https://www.philamuseum.org/search?q=loeb&cat=collection&from=24&size=12
Condition Report: surface dirt and accretion, small chip to foot, spoon and cap broken off but retained, stand with small break and loss to one support (still structurally sound)