Bottle ID: 805

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GREEN, DOUBLE GOURD FORM

Date: 1740-1800

Height: 62 mm

A nephrite snuff bottle, very well hollowed, of dark celadon tone, of double gourd form, with a wide mouth and a flat lip, the flared neck encircled by a collar of stylized lingzhi heads, and the slightly convex foot encircled by a ring of stylized lotus petals. 
Imperial, attributed to the Palace Workshops, Beijing

Provenance:

Clare Chu Asian Art
The Chepsted Collection, no. 247
Robert Kleiner
Edgar and Roberta Wise
Margaret Prescott Wise

Published:

Edwin Palmer and Clare Chu. The Chepsted Notebook, 2013, p. 40, no. 30

 

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