S75 A “Lotus” white nephrite baluster snuff bottle

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Description

Description:  Chinese small snuff bottle carved out from a flawless pure white nephrite jade, of baluster form, decorated with lotus petals. A Greek motif, a twisted cord band and a band of circles are decorating the neck, best seen in the enlarged penultimate picture. It is a bottle of very high quality. Perfect hollowing. Quality of the material (see the last picture) and of the working are pointing toward a product of the Imperial workshops.

Foot/base:  Flat protruding foot, flat base and concave mouth.

Mark:

Dating:  18th Century, Imperial workshop.

Material:  White nephrite jade

Size:  52 mm high

Stopper:  Green jade stopper with black collar and bone spoon.

Provenance:  Ex Sergia Iessi collection. About this collector, see Provenance of the hornbill bottle O35.

References:  We have not found a similar one.

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