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18th/19th century
Comprising: a jade snuff bottle of pale white tone and rounded form, carved in low relief on one side with prunus, magpie and seal reading zhen, the other side with crane, pine tree and a seal reading wan, stopper, 4.2cm (1 5/8in) high; another jade pebble expertly hollowed and carved in the form of gourds issuing from leafy vines and curling tendrils, with a bat, of pale white tone with russet brown patches, stopper, 6cm (2 3/8in); a jadeite snuff bottle of flattened oval form with broad shoulders rising from a narrow flat base, the stone of pale green tone with apple-green striations, stopper, 5.6cm (2 1/4in) wide; a jadeite snuff bottle of flattened rounded form with swelling shoulders surmounted by a cylindrical neck, with jadeite stopper with agate band, the stone of apple green tone with frosty white inclusions, 5cm (2in) high; a jade snuff bottle of rounded form of pale white tone with calcified beige patches, stopper, 5cm (2in) high. (10).
Footnotes
十八/十九世紀 翡翠及玉鼻烟壺 一組五件
款識:「珍」「玩」印章款(白玉松鶴紋鼻烟壺)
The snuff bottle in the form of double-gourds (hulu 葫蘆) and a bat (fu 蝠), conveys the auspicious rebus fulu shuangquan (福祿雙全), meaning 'May you have both good fortune and prosperity.' Compare with a related white and russet jade double-gourd-form snuff bottle, 1750-1850, from the Hildegard Schonfeld collection, which was sold at Christie's New York, 21 March 2013, lot 1057.
Compare the jadeite snuff bottle of flattened rounded form with a similar one, 1780-1850, which was sold at Bonhams New York, 15 September 2025, lot 232.