Lot Essay
For a white jade basketweave bottle preserved in the Imperial Collection, see Masterpieces of Snuff Bottles in the Palace Museum, Beijing, 1995, p. 133, no. 123. See, also, the very similar bottle, bearing the hallmark of the fifth Prince Ding, Zaiqian, illustrated by R. Kleiner, Treasures from the Sanctum of Enlightened Respect: Chinese Snuff Bottles from the collection of Denis Low, Singapore, 1995, no. 37.