TWO BLACK AND CELADON JADE 'MONKEY AND SACK' SNUFF BOTTLES1800-1920
Each similarly carved as a sack tied at its neck with a ribbon over a blossoming stalk, a large wasp resting on one side and a monkey climbing up towards the cloth lined sack opening; the first of black and celadon jade with opaque white inclusions enhanced with russet, the second of pale celadon with some black inclusions.
3in (7.6cm) high, the taller (2).注脚Provenance:
The first:
Sotheby's, New York, Important Chinese Snuff Bottles, from the Mei Ling Collection, 15 March 1984, lot 271
The second:
Gilbert Crutel Arts d'Extreme Orient, Paris, France, 31 January 1981

The combination of a monkey, tied bag and wasp creates the rebus daidai fenghou (May successive generations attain official title).