A very finly carved and beautifully shaped antique Chinese jadeite snuff bottle, dated to 1800's. Jadeite is regarded as a very precious gemstone in asia, even more precious than jade. Due to its hardness (7) and fragility, rarely to see the jadeite snuff bottle with complicated carvings. This bottle is in flattened rectangular form with rounded shoulders extending to a cylindrical neck, spported on a raised foot with recessed base. The bottle is very well hollowed and of even colour with apple ... Click for details
Of elongated-rectangular form carved from flawless smokey rock crystal with a tall cylindrical neck a recessed foot, a mock-mask ring-handle carved on both shoulders.
Of celadon nephrite of even color with light russet veining, the bottle is modeled in the form of a flattened double-gourd, each section lightly carved with overlapping lotus leaves.
Of white jade with light emerald green and lavender veining, the bottle modeled in the form of a fingered citron. The interior is well hollowed and the circular mouth short but wide.
Of flattened shield form with a recessed rectangular foot and a short mouth, the pale celadon jade is of even color throughout and carved on one side with a poem, and the other with an outdoor scene depicting pavilions in a water-scape.
18th to 19th Century, Ching Dynasty. A flask-shaped hard stone snuff bottle on a shallow foot, the underside concave, both the bottle and stopper of an unidentified pale bluish hard stone with a lively pattern of orange-red venation covering the surface giving a subtle flecked or speckled appearance with a hint of iridescence. Height: 6cm (2-3/8”) and weighing (44 grams) 1.6 ounces.
Qing dynasty, 19th century
Height: 2 ½ in (6.2 cm) excluding stopper
Of mottled emerald green and white color with light russet inclusions, the bottle of ovoid form with a cylindrical neck and raised foot, the surface well-polished and the interior well-hollowed.<... Click for details
Qing dynasty, 1780–1850
Height: 2 ½ in. (6.3 cm) excluding stopper
A well-hollowed bottle of smoky-grey color, the skilled-carver has taken advantage of the natural dark inclusions of the stone to reveal a seated monkey holding a peach on one side and smaller monkey between two rocks on the other side. The monkey carrying a peach is a sy... Click for details
