A FINE AND VERY RARE WHITE JADE EGGPLANT-FORM SNUFF BOTTLE WITH INTEGRAL STOPPER
A FINE AND VERY RARE WHITE JADE EGGPLANT-FORM SNUFF BOTTLE WITH INTEGRAL STOPPER
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A FINE AND VERY RARE WHITE JADE EGGPLANT-FORM SNUFF BOTTLE WITH INTEGRAL STOPPER

IMPERIAL, ATTRIBUTED TO THE PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1760-1800

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A FINE AND VERY RARE WHITE JADE EGGPLANT-FORM SNUFF BOTTLE WITH INTEGRAL STOPPER
IMPERIAL, ATTRIBUTED TO THE PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1760-1800
The bottle is superbly carved from a flawless, translucent white stone in the form of an eggplant which is wrapped with a simulated brocade sash and tied into a bow on one side, from which a chain with twenty-two loose links is attached to the original stopper carved as the calyx of the fruit.
2 1/2 in. (6.36 cm.) high
來源
Michael Kaynes (Kaynes-Klitz) Collection; sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 30 October 1990, lot 119
Sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 2 May 1996, lot 1266
Hugh M. Moss Ltd., Hong Kong
The J & J Collection; sold at Christie's New York, 30 March 2005, lot 11
出版
JICSBS, Summer 1996, p. 24, fig. 7
展覽
Christie's Los Angeles, 2003

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Ruben Lien
Ruben Lien

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The design of the tied brocade sash is associated with the Court and suggests precious objects, wrapped as if for presentation. It also symbolizes longevity through a pun on the Chinese characters for 'tied sash' and 'longevity.'

Loose rings and chains were a feature of Imperial jade carvings from the Qianlong period from which date large numbers of vessels with loose rings dangling from masks or strap handles. The period is also marked by an interest in snuff bottles in the shape of various fruits and vegetables, and in particular eggplants. These features, together with the extraordinary flawless white, highly translucent quality of the stone suggest production in the Palace workshops, although there is the possibility that it was carved for the Court at a distant jade-carving facility, such as Suzhou. The exceptional hollowing is another feature pointing to a Qianlong date, and particularly in relation to the post 1756 establishment of the Tibetan workshops in the Palace to produce Mughal-style jade carvings. Of the few known snuff bottles with the rather impractical feature of an integral stopper attached by a chain, this must certainly be one of the most spectacular examples of its type. The impracticality of the design, with its vulnerable, fragile chain, suggests that it perhaps was not intended to be carried about, but designed to stand on a desk.

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