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Lot Essay
This bottle is carved in the form of a Japanese inro, a medicine container with multiple 'cases', usually made in lacquer, attached to a cover by cords hanging from the belt. Two enamelled metal inro with Yongzheng reign marks in the National Palace Museum prove that the form was known to the Chinese Court in the 18th Century.
A white jade version from the Denis Low Collection is illustrated by Robert Kleiner, Treasures from the Sanctum of Enlightened Respect, Singapore, 1999, p. 41, no. 29. Another example without its cover is illustrated by Moss, Graham and Tsang in The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, vol.I, Hong Kong, 1993, p.85, no.33
A white jade version from the Denis Low Collection is illustrated by Robert Kleiner, Treasures from the Sanctum of Enlightened Respect, Singapore, 1999, p. 41, no. 29. Another example without its cover is illustrated by Moss, Graham and Tsang in The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, vol.I, Hong Kong, 1993, p.85, no.33