9080
A WHITE JADE 'BUDDHA’S FINGER CITRON' SNUFF BOTTLE
19TH CENTARY

Skillfully worked to the form of an auspicious Buddha's finger citron issuing from gnarled leafy branches, with a further one of smaller scale on one side of the succulent fruit, the well-polished stone interspersed with a network of golden russet inclusions.

L: 8 cm

Estimate
50,000 - 80,000
195,000 - 313,000
6,400 - 10,300

Ravenel Spring Auction 2014 Hong Kong

9080

A WHITE JADE 'BUDDHA’S FINGER CITRON' SNUFF BOTTLE
19TH CENTARY


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PROVENANCE:
1. Sotheby's Hong Kony, 1996
2. Sotheby’s London, 1998

Compare with a jade snuff bottle in the form of a finger citron, illustrated in Chinese snuff bottles. From the collection of the Rt.Hon. The marquess of Exeter . Hugh Moss ltd. London, 1974, J.7, pp.138-
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