A white nephrite 'double-gourd' snuff bottle
Qianlong
Intricately worked in the shape of a double-gourd, the exterior with a series of interlocking vines issuing barbed leaves and further miniature double-gourds, all worked in relief.
6cm high.
Intricately worked in the shape of a double-gourd, the exterior with a series of interlocking vines issuing barbed leaves and further miniature double-gourds, all worked in relief.
6cm high.
Sold for
HK$ 100,000
inc. premium
Footnotes
- 清乾隆 白玉雕葫蘆形鼻煙壺
For other rare examples of jade double-gourd snuff bottles from the Mary and George Bloch collection, see A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Vol. 1, Hong Kong, 1996, pg. 158, no.63, sold in these rooms, 28 May 2010, lot 5.
Lot heading
The Property of a distinguished collector (lots 234-239)
Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art
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