A jadeite snuff bottle and an aquamarine snuff bottle19th century
The first a well-hollowed jadeite bottle in flattened globular form, the matrix of mottled apple and dark green coloration; the second an aquamarine bottle in pale green color, carved with two opposing panels framing two meiren in a garden and a scholar reading in an isolated hut.
2 and 2 1/4in (5.1 and 5.7cm) high (2).注脚Provenance
Aquamarine bottle:
The Neal W. and Frances R. Hunter Collection, inventory no. H334