3 Chinese Spinach Jade Snuff Bottles
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Description
Group of three (3) Chinese spinach jade snuff bottles including one-footed shield form with incised decoration the body and integrated mask handles, one round bottle mounted onto a hardwood stand, and one pear-shaped form also mounted onto a hardwood stand. Bottles range in size from 2 3/8" H to 2 3/4" H. All early 20th century. Provenance: The collection of Gary Glesser of Loudon, Tennessee, by descent from his grandparents, Captain Hoyt and Rachel Holton of Toledo, Ohio. Hoyt Holton became, at age 17, the youngest captain of a Great Lakes Freighter. In the 1960s, Captain Holton participated in a 26-day Admiral Byrd Society trip replicating the explorer's famous transpolar expedition, during which he met the Pope and Soviet Premier Nikita Kruschev. Many items in the collection were brought back as souvenirs from that journey and other frequent voyages.
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Condition
2nd & 3rd bottles are glued to hardwood stands. Oval bottle stopper is not attached but is present. Stopper for 1st bottle does not fully insert into bottle. All with light wear.
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3 Chinese Spinach Jade Snuff Bottles
Estimate $400 - $450
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