PROBABLY PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1730-1820

Details

**A FINE WHITE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
PROBABLY PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1730-1820
Of compressed form with flat lip and recessed flat, oval foot surrounded by a footrim, the narrow sides carved with mask-and-ring handles, coral stopper with vinyl collar
2 29/64 in. (6.2 cm.) high

Provenance

Hugh Moss Ltd.

Exhibited

Canadian Craft Museum, Vancouver, 1992.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The Qianlong emperor's passion for jade prompted a massive output of art works in the material, including snuff bottles. The flawless material, understated refinement, perfectly controlled carving and wide mouth and flat lip of this bottle support a confident attribution to the Beijing palace workshops. Mask-and-ring handles are standard features of snuff bottles produced in the Beijing workshops.

See D. Low, More Treasures from the Sanctum of Enlightened Respect, p. 73, no. 67, for a similar example.

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