A BEIGE AND BROWN JADE ‘LUOHAN’ SNUFF BOTTLE QING DYNASTY, MID-18TH / MID-19TH CENTURY

of pebble material, very well hollowed, with a recessed foot, carved with a luohan seated on a rock and holding a jewel between his fingers, with a tiger at his feet and a bat flying overhead, his incense burner emitting a cloud of smoke in which another jewel seems to float; the jadeite stopper with a vinyl collar

Collection of Edward Choate O’Dell.
Collection of John Gilmore Ford.
Hugh M. Moss Ltd., Hong Kong, 1985.

University Museum of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1999-2000.
Musée de la Miniature, Montelimar, 2000.

Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol. 1, Hong Kong, 1996, no. 18.

There is a minute nick to the outer lip. Otherwise the overall condition is very good. The actual colour of the stone is more beige, less white compared to the catalogue illustration.
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PROVENANCE
Collection of Edward Choate O'Dell.
Collection of John Gilmore Ford.
Hugh M. Moss Ltd., Hong Kong, 1985.
LITERATURE
Moss et al., 1996-2009, vol. 1, no. 18.