A MOTTLED GREEN JADEITE SNUFF BOTTLE, 1785-1880

The apple-green stone mottled with icy-white and spinach-green inclusions, very good hand-polish
China, 1780-1880

The color combination of the present material is an unusual one, but the traditional shape, fine hollowing and good surface-polish indicate an earlier example.
Jadeite comes from a remote part of Burma and first attracted the attention, and then the passion of the Qianlong emperor, although regular supplies of the stone had to await the normalization of previously bellicose relations between China and Burma in 1784. In the latter part of the Qianlong reign, snuff bottles were regularly made of jadeite for, and at the Court, and its ongoing popularity may be seen in a series of porcelain bottles and other wares with glazes imitating jadeite during the Daoguang period (Moss, Graham and Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle. The J & J Collection, no. 251).

Shape: Bulbous heart shape
Hollowing: Very good, the weight of only 45,9 grams excluding stopper is extremely low
Mouth, neck and lip: Short cylindric neck, flat top, cylindric wide mouth
Base: Flat oval base
Stopper: Rose quarz with black platelet and good old spoon
Height of the bottle with stopper: 5.9 cm.
Width of the mouth: 7 mm.
Width of the neck: 16 mm.
Weight: 50 grams
Condition: Perfect condition with only one microscopic nibble to lip
Provenance: American private collection, old museum inventory number to base

Literature comparison: The Palace glassworks also made bottles that simulated jadeite in both color and weight (see one example, formerly in the Meriem Collection and sold at Christies, New York, 19 September 2007, lot 699).
Auction result comparison: Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Part I and Part II Including Property from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections. Christies, New York, 24 March 2011, lot 1590. The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles: Part I. Christies, New York, 16 September 2015, lot 253. (both for bottles made from similar jade dating from the same period)

翡翠光素鼻烟壺，1785-1880
翡翠帶深淺翠綠色冰白肌理條紋，精工打磨抛光
中國， 1780-1880

壺型： 鼓圓心形
掏膛： 規整，不包含壺蓋重僅 45,9 克，極輕
壺口、頸與唇部：短直頸，平面壺口，寬口
底足： 橢圓形平圈足
壺蓋： 粉晶圓蓋，黑托，老杓
壺高（含壺蓋）：5.9 厘米
口徑： 7 毫米
壺頸寬： 16 毫米
重量： 50 克
品相： 完美，衹有唇部稍有輕微碰損
來源： 美國私人收藏，底部可見博物館收藏老標簽