WHITE JADE WITH RUSSET SKIN 'HERMIT'S HUT' SNUFF BOTTLE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
£3,250
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 14 May 2021 at 11:00 BST
Description
清 白玉留皮雕隱士廬圖鼻煙壺
carved from an oval pebble with the interior hollowed out from the narrowest point as a container, one side carved with two small houses in mountainous landscape in low relief, the other side incised with a hermit's hut at a bay and a corresponding poem, the stone of white tone with russet inclusions and original brownish skins
Dimensions
6.5cm high
Footnote
Provenance: property of a gentleman; formerly in the collection of an European diplomat Sven Hedin (1865-1952) who acquired it from Hong Kong in 1930s