iGavel Auctions: Group of 4 Chinese Carved Jades and 2 Chinese Ceramic Snuff Bottles, Qing Dynasty and Later ASW1

Estimate
$500-800

Description
comprising: a white jade figure of a lady reclining on a leaf with a minute chip to one serration near the tip of the leaf; a cat reclining on a leaf of a pale celadon color with a minor chip to the tip of the leaf and with two other minor chips along the front edge of the leaf and with natural fissures through the stone including a notable one through the body of the cat with accession number on the underside of the stand 1996.76B; a Shishi with lingzhi in its mouth of a pale yellowish celadon with accession number in red to the underside 1994.70, with natural fissures and inclusions in the stone; and a figural group of a man and boy holding a lingzhi, the stone a light celadon and affixed to the wood stand; and two snuff bottles each with accession number to the underside, the blue underglaze bottle with 78.170 in red to the foot rim, and the red bottle with 1996.126 in black to the underside and with chips long the foot rim, and with the white glaze crazed

Provenance
Property from the Dayton Art Institute, accessioned in 1978 and 1996

Measurements
Lengths: Lady on leaf 3 inches; cat on leaf 2 3/4 inches; shishi 2 inches
Heights: jade figural group on stand 2 1/8 inches; blue and white bottle 2 5/8 inches; red bottle 2 3/8 inches

Weight

Condition
see description, overall good condition with minor chips and natural imperfections