A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE 'TIGER' PEBBLE BOTTLE1780-1880
The crouching tiger following the form of the pebble with the head at the narrow end and pierced at the tiger's mouth for the stopper, a Wang character (King) on the forehead, the body neatly scored with tiger-skin markings to the upper and lower surfaces and the tail flicked over the animals back.
2 3/16in (5.8cm) high, stopperFootnotes1780-1880 棕白玉虎形鼻煙壺一件
Provenance:
Eugene Y.C. Sung Collection, Ohio and New York
來源:
Eugene Y.C. Sung藏,俄亥俄州、紐約州
For a discussion of jade animal snuff bottles and an example of a white jade crouching cat with very similar markings to imitate the fur, though not of pebble shape, see Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, Vol. 1, New York, 1993, pp. 37-38, no. 3.
A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE 'TIGER' PEBBLE BOTTLE1780-1880
The crouching tiger following the form of the pebble with the head at the narrow end and pierced at the tiger's mouth for the stopper, a Wang character (King) on the forehead, the body neatly scored with tiger-skin markings to the upper and lower surfaces and the tail flicked over the animals back.
2 3/16in (5.8cm) high, stopperFootnotes1780-1880 棕白玉虎形鼻煙壺一件
Provenance:
Eugene Y.C. Sung Collection, Ohio and New York
來源:
Eugene Y.C. Sung藏,俄亥俄州、紐約州
For a discussion of jade animal snuff bottles and an example of a white jade crouching cat with very similar markings to imitate the fur, though not of pebble shape, see Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, Vol. 1, New York, 1993, pp. 37-38, no. 3.
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