A FINE AND RARE WHITE JADE BOTTLE
A FINE AND RARE WHITE JADE BOTTLE

XINGYOUHENG (HALL OF CONSTANCY) INCISED MARK IN SEAL SCRIPT, 1820-1857; BOTTLE, 1740-1857

細節
A FINE AND RARE WHITE JADE BOTTLE
Xingyouheng (Hall of Constancy) incised mark in seal script, 1820-1857; bottle, 1740-1857
0f rounded rectangular shape, the well-hollowed stone of an even bright white tone, the finely incised four-character mark on the base heightened in green, stopper
2½in. (6.3cm.) high
來源
Sotheby's, London, 29 March 1983, lot 143.

拍品專文

The private hallmark Xingyouheng Tang was used by the fifth Prince Ding, Zaichun, a great-great grandson of the Qianlong emperor. This bottle, with its flawless purity, lovely color, and classic form, exemplifies scholarly taste.

The Hall of Constancy belonged to the Fifth Prince Ding, Zaiquan, who died in 1857. For a very similar bottle from the collection of Mary and George Bloch, and further discussion, see H. Moss, V. Graham, K.B. Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Hong Kong, 1995, vol. 1, Jade, no. 154.

See, also, for a remarkably similar white jade bottle still in the Imperial Collection, in Chang Lin-sheng, Snuff Bottles in the Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1991, p. 152, no. 127.