An apple green jadeite snuff bottle
An apple green jadeite snuff bottle
Qing dynasty, 1800-1900
Of slightly compressed globular form, the concave base rising to a cylindrical neck, the stone of a bright apple green tone, with darker inclusions.
5.5cm high.
Sold for HK$ 175,000 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Exhibited:
    Chinese Snuff Bottles, jointly presented by Hong Kong Chinese Snuff Bottle Collectors Study Group and the Urban Council, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 15 October to 26 November 1977

    Illustrated:
    Chinese Snuff Bottles, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1977, p.75, pl.160

    清 1800-1900 翠玉鼻煙壺

    展覽:
    香港中國鼻煙壺收藏家學會、香港市政局聯辦,《中國鼻煙壺》,香港藝術館,1977年10月15日至11月26日

    出版:
    《中國鼻煙壺》,香港藝術館,香港,1977年,頁75,圖版160

    壺呈扁瓶形,直頸,鼓肩,鼓腹,小平底。翠綠素面,當中夾雜青綠色,上有不規則淺淡的虛線,自然紋理明顯。

Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art


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