A Chinese White Jade Snuff Bottle
Sale 1015 - Strong Diversions: Property from a Lifetime of Play
Mar 28, 2022
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$1,500 -
$2,500
Sold for $4,375
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
A Chinese White Jade Snuff Bottle
19TH CENTURY
清中期 白玉鼻烟壺
款識:在家長如意,出外永平安
the rectangular bottle with squared corners worked from a very pale matrix, carved with calligraphic inscriptions to the long sides, and flanked by mock ring handles beneath mythical beast masks, jadiete stopper.
款識:在家長如意,出外永平安
the rectangular bottle with squared corners worked from a very pale matrix, carved with calligraphic inscriptions to the long sides, and flanked by mock ring handles beneath mythical beast masks, jadiete stopper.
Height of bottle 2 1/4 in., 5.5 cm.
Property from The Strong National Museum of Play, sold to benefit the Collections Fund
Accessioned by the Strong in 1978.
Condition Report
Well hollowed in very good and stable condition, soiling to the interior. Spoon and stopper present and intact. Handwritten accession number applied to underside.
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