THREE JADE SNUFF BOTTLES QING DYNASTY, 19TH - 20TH CENTURY

the first of compressed rectangular form with sloping shoulders, of a yellow stone, the second relief carved with a figural scene and of a white stone, the third carved as a recumbent lion, of a pale celadon stone, stoppers (6)

The yellow jade snuff bottle: English private collection.
The white jade snuff bottle: Collection of John Franklin and Isabel Beatty Dodge.
Collection of Neal W. and Frances R. Hunter.
Collection of John W. Sinclair.
The 'lion' snuff bottle: Collection of Mary Morrison, Vancouver.

The white rectangular bottle: minor wear and there are a few vein inclusions. The yellow jade bottle: minor wear with minute abrasions around the mouth and foot. The stopper is stuck at the bottle neck. There is an old collector's lable adhered to the base reading "218". The stone with natural fissures and inclusions. The beast form bottle: minor wear and the stone with opaque patch inclusions and natural fissures.
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