M5129
£8,500
Description
Chinese superbly hollowed spinach green jade nephrite snuff bottle, carved on both sides in relief with recessed panels, one with a fisherman seated on rockwork beside a stream, casting his rod beneath a prunus tree, the other with a man seated in a boat holding an oar above waves, beside rockwork and beneath a pine tree.
Pink glass stopper.
2 ½ inches, 6.3 cm high without stopper.
1800-1860.
Provenance & Additional Information
- From a private American collection.
- Possibly sold by Chris Randall, with collection number underneath “Rand164” and inventory number: 40148/12.
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