A Jade Purse-Form Snuff Bottle. Photo Leslie Hindman Auctioneers

the stone of white color, having scrolling bat at the top on one side with the other having a carved character, with lotus pod form ears at the side, the main panel having light carving in relief of a lotus plant and a prunis on the other, raised atop a fitted hardwood stand. The item in overall good condition having light wear with no visible damage or repairs; the stopper a later addition.  Height 2 inches.  Estimate $8,000-12,000 - Lot 28 Sold for: $24,400

Property from the Estate of Dr. Joseph and Donna Lee Boggs, Chicago, Illinois.

A Jade Double Snuff Bottle. Photo Leslie Hindman Auctioneers

of grey stone with black veining and white colored stone,  both of rectangular form with conformng raised panels on each side, raised upon a fitted hardwood stand. Height 2 5/16 inches. Item in overall good condition with no visible damage or repairs. Estimate $4,000-6,000 - Sold for $19,520

Property from the Estate of Dr. Joseph and Donna Lee Boggs, Chicago, Illinois

A Jadeite Snuff Bottle. Photo Leslie Hindman Auctioneers

of pale green near-transparent stone, having relief carving of a sinuous beasts, flanked by faux mask and ring handles, with pink quartz stopper. Height 1 7/8 inches. The bottle in overall good condition having one natural opaque flaw in the stone on the shoulder, with multiple small breaks to the lid and the spoon. Estimate $2,000-4,000 - Lot 37 Sold for: $9,150

Property from the Estate of Dr. Joseph and Donna Lee Boggs, Chicago, Illinois .

A White Jade Fish Form Snuff Bottle. Photo Leslie Hindman Auctioneers

the stone of semi-translucent quality, depicting a leaping fish with another at the side with a foliate branch carved in relief.  Height 2 1/8 inches. The bottle in overall good condition with light wear, having no visible damage or repairs.  Estimate $   5,000-7,000 - Lot 27 Sold for: $7,930

Property from the Estate of Dr. Joseph and Donna Lee Boggs, Chicago, Illinois 

A Lavender Jadeite Snuff Bottle. Photo Leslie Hindman Auctioneers

of tapering flask form, the lavender colored stone having light brown and grey inclusions with areas of vivid lavender color, raised on a circular footring, with a jadeite stopper. Height 2 1/2 inches. The well hallowed bottle in overall good condition with no visible damage or repairs. Estimate $7,000-9,000 - Lot 42 Sold for: $7,930

Property from the Estate of Dr. Joseph and Donna Lee Boggs, Chicago, Illinois

A Jadeite Snuff Bottle. Photo Leslie Hindman Auctioneers

 late 18th/early 19th century, of flattened ovoid form raised upon a conforming oval foot, of apple-green colored stone with splashes of emeraldgreen.  Height 2 5/8 inches. The bottle in overall good condition having one very small chip to the exterior of the rim-possibly a natural flaw in the stone, having a fissure in the stone on one side, with no other visible damage or repairs.  Estimate $   3,000-5,000

Property from a Private Chicago Collection

Provenance:  Sotheby's, London, 5 December 1983, Lot 165. 

A White Jade Snuff Bottle. Photo Leslie Hindman Auctioneers

of rounded rectangular form, having one flat side with a russet skin, also having a russet inclusion near the foot on the reverse side, with carved foot ring. Height 2 3/4 inches. Item in overall good condition having no visible damage or repairs. Estimate $   2,000-4,000 - Lot 21 Sold for: $7,320 

 

A Green Jadeite Snuff Bottle. Photo Leslie Hindman Auctioneers

of compressed ovoid form, carved with a duck and fisherman, on the other side a figure standing on a porch. Height 2 inches. The bottle having light wear with no visible damage or repairs, the stone having some natural horizontal fissures used by the carver in the composition. Estimate $1,000-2,000 - Lot 22 Sold for: $6,200

Property from the Estate of Dr. Joseph and Donna Lee Boggs, Chicago, Illinois

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