Lot 128

WHITE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY




Auction: 17 May 2024 from 10:00 BST
£3,276
Description
清 白玉舖首鼻烟壺 帶木座
of elongated pear form, plain overall except for a pair of mythical beast heads holding rings in relief as handles, the stone of even translucent white colour with a pink quartz stopper, with a wooden stand
Dimensions
8.5cm 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.



