Three carved jade snuff bottlesThe first a well-hollowed grayish-white bottle, each broad side with a conforming reserve framing a sinuous dragon; the second a pebble-form bottle carved as a monk holding a string of rosary beads, the natural russet skin in the stone used for his long robe; the third a flattened spherical bottle carved with a sage and his attendant standing on a precipitous cliff above an auspicious deer running in the valley of a mountainous landscape, the reverse with a poetic inscription next to a carved seal mark reading zhenwan (precious trinket).
2 1/8 to 2 7/8in (5.4 to 7.3cm) high (3).注脚Provenance:
Monk-form bottle:
Jade House, Hong Kong, 5 April 2000
Bottle with landscape:
King Feng Arts Co., Hong Kong, 4 August 2001