PRINTCompare with a jade snuff bottle of eggplant form, illustrated in Chinese snuff bottle , Hugh M Moss ltd, London, 1970, pl.27, p.13.
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A ‘EGGPLANT’ SNUFF BOTTLE
QING DYNASTY |
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Well hollowed and skillfully worked from a delicate white pebble, retaining an area of spinach green mottled with patches of golden brownish skin rendered as the stem bearing the plump plant, the well polished stone with further naturalistic light russet inclusions on the body. |
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Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 117,000 - 195,000 3,900 - 6,400
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Sold Price 36,000
139,535
4,645
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Compare with a jade snuff bottle of eggplant form, illustrated in Chinese snuff bottle , Hugh M Moss ltd, London, 1970, pl.27, p.13.