A RUSSET AND PALE GREYISH-GREEN JADE PEBBLE SNUFF BOTTLE
A RUSSET AND PALE GREYISH-GREEN JADE PEBBLE SNUFF BOTTLE

1750-1860

細節
A RUSSET AND PALE GREYISH-GREEN JADE PEBBLE SNUFF BOTTLE
1750-1860
Of asymmetrical, rounded-rectangular form with flat lip and recessed concave foot, with one flat, somewhat irregular side highlighted by retained deep russet skin, dark green jade stopper of conforming outline
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) high
來源
Potter's Gallery, Vancouver.

拍品專文

There is a distinctive group of snuff bottles, dated to the mid-Qing, made of white nephrite with only the natural russet-brown skin of the pebble as decoration. It would appear that the raw material used in the manufacture of these bottles would have been cut from a fairly large boulder or pebble, since the curve of the boulder may be guessed at by the disposition of the russet skin. The skin on the present lot has a sumptuous texture and brilliant color, and the material has been enhanced by the flat plane of one side, perfectly complemented by the stopper carved to fit. See three very similar bottles, a pair from the collection of Edith Griswold, illustrated by L.S. Perry, Chinese Snuff Bottles. The Adventures & Studies of a Collector, p. 106, nos. 88-9, and another in The Au Hang Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, p. 78, no. 98.