18TH CENTURY

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A FINE WHITE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
18TH CENTURY
Of rounded rectangular form with a slightly flaring waisted neck, flat upper-neck rim and standing on a spreading foot, each side with a conforming quatrefoil shaped plain panel, the narrow sides with lion-mask and fixed-ring handles, the well-hollowed stone of an even whitish pale celadon tone
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

This bottle may be attributed to the Palace workshops on the basis of the material, the form and the flat, upper neck-rim. It is also of a type of speckled white jade which was extensively used at the Court. The unusually small mouth appears to have been a feature of the second half of the Qianlong period when virtuousity began to creep in to keep snuff-takers, and particularly those who were already collecting large numbers of bottles, interested. This feature occurs regularly on a series of rounded-rectangular bottles in white jade, some of which must have been made at the Court.

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