A BLACK AND PALE GREEN JADE SNUFF BOTTLE Master of the Rocks group, Qing Dynasty, 1760-1820 Carved through the black skin to depict a scholar beside his boy attendant in a rocky landscape beside a pine tree with steps receding into a cloudy sky, the details wrapping around the edges of the reverse where the pale green jade is suffused by russet veins, coral stopper. 8.5cm (3 3/8in) high with stopper. (2). Footnotes: 清 一七六零至一八二零年 黑玉雕士大夫圖鼻烟壺 Provenance: Charles V. Swain (1914-2006), Doylestown The Dane Family Collection, Massachusetts Robert Hall, London A private collection, Edinburgh, acquired from the above 21st August 2008 (invoice) Published and Illustrated: The Heriot Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Volume I, Edinburgh, 2020, p.61, fig.47 This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing