THREE LAVENDER JADEITE SNUFF BOTTLES 19TH / 20TH CENTURY

the first of flattened shield-form; the second carved in relief to one side with Magu in a peach-tree raft, the stone with pale splashes of green at the base of the bottle; and the third of squat cylindrical-form, carved with a dragon spewing water and a flaming pearl from its mouth (3)

First:
Collection of the late Donald C. Gray, Esq.
Sotheby's London, 4th June 1962, lot 140.
Dodge Collection, Sotheby's New York, 17th March 1997, lot 249.

The first in good condition; the second, with nicks to the rim and a chip to the foot rim; the third, there is a tiny chip to the foot rim, and a fissure line that runs halfway up the bottle, through the foot and halfway up the other side.
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