WHITE JADE WITH RUSSET SKIN SNUFF BOTTLE
QIANLONG PERIOD
£4,000
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 14 May 2021 at 11:00 BST
Description
清乾隆 白玉留皮雕詩文鼻煙壺
carved from a pebble and hollowed the interior hollowed out from the narrowest point as a container, one side carved with a prunus tree in low relief on the original yellowish skin, the other side incised with a corresponding poem, the stone of even white tone
Dimensions
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