Lot 321
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A FINE WHITE JADE CYLINDRICAL BOTTLE

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A FINE WHITE JADE CYLINDRICAL BOTTLE
INCISED QIANLONG FOUR CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND PROBABLY OF THE PERIOD

One side carved with four bats separated by a dense area of clouds cleverly incorporating opaque white inclusions in the otherwise semi-transparent, even white jade, stopper, box

Lot Essay

The incised mark Qianlong nianzhi is really written in juanshu (lesser seal-script). For a white jade bottle of different shape, but bearing the same type of script, see Robert W. L. Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, col. pl. 12