A GREYISH-GREEN JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
Property from a Private American Collection 
A GREYISH-GREEN JADE SNUFF BOTTLE

PROBABLY IMPERIAL, ATTRIBUTED TO THE PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1736-1799

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A GREYISH-GREEN JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
PROBABLY IMPERIAL, ATTRIBUTED TO THE PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1736-1799
Of meiping form, the broad shoulders carved with a band of ruyi head lappets framing small bosses, the body tapering towards the foot and encircled around the waist by a bow-string band, original jade stopper
1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired in the 1950s-70s.

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Lot Essay

A similar bottle attributed to the Palace workshops is illustrated by H. Moss, V. Graham and K.B. Tsang in A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol. I, Hong Kong, 1995, p. 202, no. 82.

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