POSSIBLY IMPERIAL, 1750-1840

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**A WHITE JADE AUBERGINE-FORM SNUFF BOTTLE
POSSIBLY IMPERIAL, 1750-1840
The even white stone well-hollowed and carved as an aubergine encircled by vines and tendrils with a large beetle carved to one side, stopper
2½ in. (6.3 cm.) high

Provenance

Martha M. Renk Collection, Wisconsin, 1979.

Exhibited

Madison, Wisconsin, Elvehjem Art Museum, Summer 1979.

Special notice

Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

Lot Essay

For similar white jade bottles of fruit or vegatable form made for the Court and still in the Imperial Collection, see Chang Lin-sheng, Snuff Bottles in the Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1991, pp. 156-60, nos. 136-50.

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