A FINE AND RARE SMALL CARVED WHITE JADE BOTTLE
A FINE AND RARE SMALL CARVED WHITE JADE BOTTLE

IMPERIAL, ATTRIBUTED TO THE PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1700-1780

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A FINE AND RARE SMALL CARVED WHITE JADE BOTTLE
Imperial, attributed to the Palace Workshops, Beijing, 1700-1780
Of flattened, high-shouldered tapering form, finely carved in low relief around the waist with a band containing a highly stylized taotie mask, the stone of even white tone with two small patches and light russet mottling on one side, stopper
1 11/16in. (4.4cm.) high
Provenance
Hilda Somers Collection, acquired prior to 1952.

Lot Essay

This bottle is related to a range of similarly small jade bottles superbly carved with archaistic decoration, from the Palace workshops. For others from the series, see H. Moss, V. Graham, K.B. Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle: The J & J Collection, New York, 1993, nos. 34 - 37, and H. Moss, V. Graham, K.B. Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Hong Kong, 1995, vol. 1, Jade, nos. 81, 83, and 102 - 104. See, also, the similar Palace jade bottles illustrated by R. Kleiner, Treasures from the Sanctum of Enlightened Respect: Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Denis Low, Singapore, 1999, nos. 32 and 33.

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