1700-1780

Cicada-form bottles were popular at the Court during the eighteenth century. See H. Moss, V. Graham, K.S. Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle: The J & J Collection, New York, 1993, nos. 7 and 8, and H. Moss, V. Graham, K.B. Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The ary and George Bloch Collection, Hong Kong, 1995, vol. 1, Jade, nos. 58 and 59, where the latter is similar in its restrained archaism, and use of pebble material. This is one of the finest known of a group renowned for their fine detail.
Compare a white jade cicada bottle still in the Imperial Collection, see Masterpieces of Snuff Bottles in the Palace Museum, Beijing, 1995, p. 136, no. 128.