Lot 5: Chinese Carved White Jade Snuff Bottle, Phoenix Design

Chinese relief carved white jadeite snuff bottle with archaistic carving depicting a phoenix. Fitted with a spinach green nephrite stopper. 2 3/4" H. Late 19th/Early 20th century.

PROVENANCE: Private Franklin, TN collection, by descent from Norman and Martha Stein Dickson, who owned an antiques store at 732-736 Royal Street in New Orleans from the 1950s until their deaths in the 1970s.

CONDITION: Overall very good condition. The spoon is detached from the stopper.