Property from a distinguished Asian private collection (Lots 368-396)






A white jade pear-shaped 'cicada' snuff bottle


18th/19th centuryThe bottle of compressed ovoid form raising from an oval foot to a tall cylindrical neck, carved on both sides with a flattened archaistic cicada, its carapace detailed with scrolls and folded wings, the abdomen with notched ridges, the polished stone of a white even tone. 6.3cm (2 1/2in) high.
|ProvenanceA distinguished Asian private collectionA similar white jade 'Zhirou Zhai cicada' snuff bottle, circa 1700-1840, is illustrated by H.Moss, V.Graham and K.B.Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Mary and George Bloch Collection: Volume 1, Jade, Hong Kong, 1995, pp.86-87, no.31.