Nephrite snuff bottle, white with an ochre and brown skin, the brown area carved with lotus leaves and a lingzhi fungus, and above that on the lighter material is a bat in flight; the well hollowed bottle of natural pebble form.

Side View: Nephrite snuff bottle, white with an ochre and brown skin, the brown area carved with lotus leaves and a lingzhi fungus, and above that on the lighter material is a bat in flight; the well hollowed bottle of natural pebble form.

THE CHINESE COLLECTION

 

Bat & Lingzhi Fungus Snuff Bottle

  

A nephrite cameo carved picture pebble snuff bottle with a glass stopper.

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Nephrite, white with an ochre and brown skin, the brown area carved with lotus leaves and a lingzhi fungus, and above that on the lighter material is a bat in flight; the well hollowed bottle of natural pebble form.

Chinese, 1750-1850
Stopper: brown glass with coral coloured finial
Provenance: Erik Hancock
R. Cooper, 1976
Height: 6.1cm

The finest nephrite was found, primarily, in pebble form in the Khotan region amongst the rivers and streams. Millions of years of exposure gave a darker coloured skin, which, when carved away reveals a lighter area. This is a nephrite pebble that has been carved imaginatively giving great tactile and visual enjoyment.

 

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