A FINE YELLOW JADE BOTTLE

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A FINE YELLOW JADE BOTTLE
18TH CENTURY

Of slender baluster shape, finely hollowed and with a large cylindrical opening at the neck, the stone of attractive even tone, the foot slightly concave, stopper

Lot Essay

For a bottle of similar shape and color of stone, but lightly carved with a strapwork design and bearing a Qianlong four-character mark, see Robert W. L. Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, p. 27, fig. 24. As in that example, this bottle has a smooth surface polish and a warm yellowish tone, known as the color of steamed chestnuts, caused by iron impurities

Though unmarked, this bottle must surely be a product of the Beijing Palace Workshops

For a similar white jade example see Snuff Bottles in the Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1991, Catalogue, fig. 126