PROVENANCE:
Beijm Henhai, 20 December 1998
9085
A WHITE JADE ‘HORSES’ SNUFF BOTTLE
QING DYNASTY |
Of compressed rectangular form with indented corners resting on a rectangular foot below the gently incurving neck, the body adorned with a centralized hei character in between an auspicious bat and lucky attributes within a quatrefoil panel, the reverse decorated with a horse peacefully on all fours in front of another horse wondering in the background, its mane finely incised and its hoot slightly lifted, flanked by further animal heads suspending ring handles on the narrow sides. |
Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 273,000 - 352,000 9,000 - 11,600
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