PROBABLY IMPERIAL, 1750-1840

細節

**A RUSSET AND WHITE JADE PEBBLE SNUFF BOTTLE
PROBABLY IMPERIAL, 1750-1840
With rounded rectangular profile with flat lip and recessed flat foot surrounded by a footrim, with one slightly convex side highlighted by retained russet skin, the other main side smooth and of even, white tone, jadeite stopper with gilt-metal collar
2 21/32 in. (6.7 cm.) high

來源

Hugh Moss Ltd.

注意事項

Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

拍品專文

This bottle is one of a distinctive group dated to the mid-Qing period that is made of white nephrite using only the natural russet-brown skin of the pebble as decoration. The raw material used for the bottles was cut from a fairly large boulder or pebble, since the curve of the boulder is surmised from the disposition of the russet skin.

The powerful abstract design that results from the combination of a pure white pebble with its own skin remains popular among connoisseurs. The skin on the present bottle has a sumptuous contrast of texture and color. See three very similar bottles, a pair from the collection of Edith Griswold, in L.S. Perry, Chinese Snuff Bottles. The Adventures & Studies of a Collector, p. 106, nos. 88-89, and another in The Au Hang Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, p. 78, no. 98. A similar bottle formerly from the Meriem Collection was sold in these rooms, 19 September 2007, lot 654.