TWO JADE SNUFF BOTTLES QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

each of rectangular form with russet skin relief carved to one side, the first depicting a phoenix gazing at the sun; the second with figures in a landscape, the sides and reverse an even white color and relief carved with a scholar and an ox, flanked by archaistic chilong, stoppers, stand (5)

The 'figural' bottle:
Kenneth Brown, La Jolla, California, 1977.

The phoenix bottle: there are minor nicks and abrasions at the corners of the bottle and a small chip at the exterior of the mouth rim. There are natural inclusions to the stone throughout. The underside has pen markings and museum putty. The figural bottle: there are minor abrasions to the interior of the mouth rim, a chip to the edge of a carved cliff, possible minute chips to the tips of the kui dragon horns on the side. Scattered natural inclusions to the stone. The underside has pen markings.
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