PROBABLY IMPERIAL, ATTRIBUTED TO THE PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1740-1799

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**A FINE AND RARE YELLOW JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
PROBABLY IMPERIAL, ATTRIBUTED TO THE PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1740-1799
Of high-shouldered, tapering form with recessed oval foot, incised on one side with a branch of blossoming prunus and on the other with a seven-character poetic inscription referring to plum blossoms announcing the arrival of Spring, the inscription followed by two seals, stopper
2 1/8 in. (5.3 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The distinctive, greenish-yellow nephrite, usually called 'yellow' jade, was extremely popular during the Qing dynasty, and particularly at the Qianlong court. For other examples with similarly wide mouths, see H. Moss, V. Graham and K.B. Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol. I, Jade, Hong Kong, 1995, pp. 186-7, no. 75 and pp. 198-9, no. 80.

A white jade snuff bottle, also attributed to the Palace Workshops, and with similar prunus blossom decoration is illustrated, ibid., pp. 264-5, no. 108.

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