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An Emerald-Green Lavender Jadeite Snuff Bottle

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A Han-style inkstone

A Han-style inkstone
Made from the stone of a deep black moving towards green, carved in a rectangular shape in...

An Enameled Glass Snuff Bottle

An Enameled Glass Snuff Bottle
Of compressed form with flat lip and recessed flat foot surrounded by a footrim, the translucent...

A Crystal Snuff Bottle

A Crystal Snuff Bottle
Of flattened form with flat lip and recessed flat foot surrounded by a footrim, gilt-metal...

Imperial
AD 1760 - 1820
Height: 5.8cm

Of compressed form with flat lip and foot, the rare combination of pale emerald-green and lavender stone finely carved through with a woven bamboo basket filled with orchids, hibiscus, lilies and other flowers, the foot also carved to simulate the bottom of the basket, jadeite stopper with gilt-metal collar.

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