VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A RARE CELADON-WHITE JADE SEAL BOTTLE

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A RARE CELADON-WHITE JADE SEAL BOTTLE
RELIEF CARVED SEAL TO BASE, SHEN CHUAN, LATE 18TH OR POSSIBLY EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Of faceted elongated octagonal shape, the side panels raised slightly, the stone of even color, stopper

Lot Essay

Shen Chuan is possibly a collector's art name and can be read as 'Gentle Waterfall'. Faceted jade bottles are unusual and generally have a more horizontal format

For another bottle of elongated shape attributed to the Palace workshops see Chris Randall, Important Chinese Snuff Bottles, Catalogue, 1992, no.15. For an example of more horizontal format see Sotheby's, New York, June 27, 1986, lot 51 and also Robert Hall, Chinese Snuff Bottles III, Catalogue, 1990, no.14