A JASPER BOTTLE
1730-1830
Of compressed spherical form, the even russet-colored stone with an elliptical green inclusion near the base on one side, well hollowed, stopper
2in. (5.1cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, Fine and Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Bob C. Stevens, Part II, 26 March 1982, lot 126.
Lot Essay
For a very similar jasper bottle from the Bob Stevens Collection, see B. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, New York, 1976, no. 503.
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THE BLANCHE B. EXSTEIN COLLECTION OF CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES