Lot Essay
A series of these melon-shaped bottles appears to have been made for the Court, where equivalents in Imperial glass of various colours are known to endorse the attribution.
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PROBABLY IMPERIAL, 1730-1820
Details
A WHITE JADE MELON BOTTLE
Probably Imperial, 1730-1820
Of high-shouldered tapering form with vertical lobing and a waisted neck, the stone of an even white tone with a faint pale greenish tinge, stopper
2 1/16in. (5.3cm.) high
Probably Imperial, 1730-1820
Of high-shouldered tapering form with vertical lobing and a waisted neck, the stone of an even white tone with a faint pale greenish tinge, stopper
2 1/16in. (5.3cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, Fine and Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Bob C. Stevens, Part III, 25 June 1982, lot 170.
Literature
B. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, New York, 1976, p. 113, no. 357.