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For similar sets of white jade aubergine-form bottles, see Snuff Bottles in the Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taibei, 1991, Catalogue nos. 112 and 115
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AN IMPERIAL SET OF TEN WHITE JADE 'AUBERGINE' SNUFF BOTTLES
QIANLONG
Each naturalisticallly carved as an aubergine, the smooth white body with very attractive pale russet markings beneath a leaf-collar of spinach jade around the neck, the stoppers as curled stems, fitted box (10)
QIANLONG
Each naturalisticallly carved as an aubergine, the smooth white body with very attractive pale russet markings beneath a leaf-collar of spinach jade around the neck, the stoppers as curled stems, fitted box (10)