A beige and brown jade ‘Luohan’ snuff bottle, Qing dynasty, mid-18th-mid-19th century. Photo Sotheby's

of pebble material, very well hollowed, with a recessed foot, carved with a luohan seated on a rock and holding a jewel between his fingers, with a tiger at his feet and a bat flying overhead, his incense burner emitting a cloud of smoke in which another jewel seems to float; the jadeite stopper with a vinyl collar; 7.5 cm., 3 in. Estimation 80,000 — 100,000. Lot. Vendu 106,250 HKD

PROVENANCE Collection of Edward Choate O’Dell.
Collection of John Gilmore Ford.
Hugh M. Moss Ltd., Hong Kong, 1985.

EXPOSITION  University Museum of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1999-2000.
Musée de la Miniature, Montelimar, 2000.

LITTERATURE Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol. 1, Hong Kong, 1996, no. 18.

Sotheby's. Snuff Bottles from the Mary and George Bloch Collection: Part VI. Hong Kong | 27 mai 2013 - www.sothebys.com