A TURQUOISE MATRIX SNUFF BOTTLE

1720-1840

Details

A TURQUOISE MATRIX SNUFF BOTTLE
1720-1840
The rounded, square bottle is finely carved on either narrow side with a mask and ring handle. The pale green-blue stone has subtle, dark veins. Together with a turquoise snuff bottle of rectangular form carved with grooved borders, 1750-1850, the dark-green matrix with paler sections interrupted by a rich pattern of veins and darker inclusions.
Rounded bottle 1 5/8 in. (3.4 cm.) high, coral stopper with pearl finial; rectangular bottle 1¾ (4.3 cm.) high, coral stopper (2)

Provenance

Susan Lapidus (1941-2008) Collection, acquired 1969-1985.

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Lot Essay

Beautifully worn to a blue-green tone, this small and elegant bottle has only delicately carved mask handles as decoration, perhaps to highlight the beauty of the stone. The preferences for different tones and types of turquoise used for snuff bottles throughout the 18th century is discussed by H. Moss, V. Graham and K.B. Tsang in, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Vol. 3, Stones other than Jade and Quartz, 1998, p. 154, no. 423.

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