A FINE RUSSET AND JADE PEBBLE SNUFF BOTTLE

QING DYNASTY, POSSIBLY IMPERIAL, 1720-1780

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A FINE RUSSET AND JADE PEBBLE SNUFF BOTTLE
QING DYNASTY, POSSIBLY IMPERIAL, 1720-1780
The well-hollowed bottle is of irregular form with one side slightly flattened following the contours of the stone. The russet skin of the stone has been softly polished to reveal the translucent white material underneath while retaining the attractive scattered russet markings.
2 in. (5 cm.) high, jadeite stopper, carved wood stand, box

Provenance

Acquired from Yamanaka & Co., Chicago, 9 November 1938
Avrina Pugh (1892-1986)
Pugh Collection, no. 42
Sold at Sotheby's New York, 1 April 2005, lot 384

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Lot Essay

There is a distinctive group of snuff bottles, dated to the mid-Qing, made of white nephrite with only the natural russet-brown skin of the pebble as decoration. The skin on the present lot has a sumptuous texture and brilliant color, and the material has been enhanced by the flat plane of one side, perfectly complemented by the stopper carved to fit.

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