Lot 125

GROUP OF THREE PALE CELADON JADE SNUFF BOTTLES
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY





Auction: 17 May 2024 from 10:00 BST
£882
Description
清 青白玉雕瓜瓞綿綿 及 蕉葉舖首紋鼻烟壺 帶木座(共三件)
comprising: an oblong ‘melon and butterfly’ snuff bottle, cleverly worked with the russet inclusion following the flow of the vines, 6cm high, with a fitted wooden stand; a pebble-form decorated with melon and butterfly, 5.2cm high; and a flattened bottle form decorated with plantain leaf band above foot and two mythical-beast-handles, 6.9cm high, together with one stand (3)
Dimensions
5.2cm to 6.9cm high
Provenance
Private Scottish collection, Edinburgh; collected Asian Art in the 1960s to 1970s whilst working in Asia for The Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank (HSBC) as a senior executive, thence by descent.




