PRINTThe aesthetic of the present lot lies partially in the magnificence of the jade itself. Jade snuff bottles were used for snuff at the beginning of Qing dynasty. There was one distinctive practice in the past, where only the pure core of a piece of jade stone would be utilized. However, subseuents developments induced craftsmen to incorporate the various colors on the stone into its design on the landscape and the moon as epitomizes by the present lot in attempts to enhance its contours or creates dimensionality.
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9052
A BLACK JADE 'ZUI YUE DUI YIN' SNUFF BOTTLE
QING DYNASTY |
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Of compressed bulbous form rising to a gently rounded shoulders from the flattened base, finely worked on one side with a seated figure leaning against rockworks, his attendant kneeing before him with a wine vessel within a fenced garden of luscious pine and lingzhi , the reverse with a nostalgic scene of the nocturnal moon shining above a pavilion amidst a mountainous landscape inscribed with zui yue dui yin on the right corner. |
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Estimate
180,000 - 280,000 703,000 - 1,094,000 23,200 - 36,100
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The aesthetic of the present lot lies partially in the magnificence of the jade itself. Jade snuff bottles were used for snuff at the beginning of Qing dynasty. There was one distinctive practice in the past, where only the pure core of a piece of jade stone would be utilized. However, subseuents developments induced craftsmen to incorporate the various colors on the stone into its design on the landscape and the moon as epitomizes by the present lot in attempts to enhance its contours or creates dimensionality.