Jade perfume bottle and other jade carvings, Beverly Hills, 1950

Description

Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds., Text from negative sleeve: Lee Banning Morris, 141-B Reeves Drive, Beverly Hills, Cal, 1950, Chinese Jades, Top photograph is page from book, caption from photograph reads "JADE PERFUME BOTTLE WITH CHAIN--Exquisite modern art is well exemplified in the craftsmanship of this perfume bottle. With infinite labor and skill the whole chain, button and its main body carved from one piece.", Composite photograph. Top: intricate perfume bottle made of jade, hand carved.
Bottom: Nine large and ten small jade carvings on a shelf in front of a curtain.