THE FLATTENED JADE SNUFF BOTTLE WITH TEH IMPERIAL POEM ONTHE REVERSE IS ONE OF A SERIES OF BOTTLES MAKE IN PRESENTATION SETS, PROBABLY WITHIN THE PALACE WORKSHOPS IN BEIJING IN THE QIANLONG PERIOD.

IT COMPARES CLOSELY WITH FOUR BOTTLES STILL WITHIN THE IMPERIAL COLLECTIONS IN TAIWAN ILLUSTRATED IN SNUFF BOTTLES INTHE NATIONAL PALACE MUSEUM, TAIBEI, NOS. 171-3 AND 175