A Rounded Yellow Jade Bottle

1730-1790

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A Rounded Yellow Jade Bottle
1730-1790
Of flattened rounded spade shape, with a slightly flared neck and subtle russet mottling in places, smooth even polish, stopper
26in. (5.9cm.) high

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PROVENANCE: George Fischer Collection, 1930's
Guy Mayer Collection, 1952

Lot Essay

A similar-shaped bottle with faceted narrow sides attributed to the palace workshops because of its hollowing, formal integrity and addition of a (most likely Imperial) poem is illustrated by Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Hong Kong, 1995, vol. I, Jade, p. 264-265, no. 108

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