AN EMBELLISHED CELADON JADE SNUFF BOTTLE

very well hollowed, of flattened rectangular form with shoulders sloping to a cylindrical neck, resting on a neatly carved oval foot, painted with a continuous scene and embellished with hardstone, gilded and laquered, depicting on one face a seated sage dressed in flowing robes, next to a rootwood stand displaying a censer and vase, beneath a meandering tree branch continuing to the reverse, issuing leaves

Collection of Edwin W. Humphries.
Sotheby's New York, 14th-15th March 1979, lot 209.
Collection of Rachelle R. Holden.
Christie's New York, 21st March 2000, lot 201.

Rachelle R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World: The Rachelle R. Holden Collection, A Personal Commentary, New York, 1994, pp. 286-287, no. 125.

 

The bottle is in good condition with some rubbing to the gilding on the un-embellished face.
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The present bottle belongs to a group embellished by an artist or workshop in Kyoto, using bottles manufactured in China. The group is attributed to the Tsuda family, active between 1930-1960, and a discussion can be found on lot 104.