Bottle ID: 428

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PLAIN RECTANGULAR

Date: 1760-1820

Height: 67 mm

Nephrite, the stone of a flawless, pure white material, very well hollowed, of flattened rectangular form with rounded shoulders and a raised oval foot rim.

Similar Examples:

Crane Collection no. 186
Chang Lin-sheng. Snuff Bottles in the Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan, 1991, p. 152, no. 127.
Christie's, New York, March 21, 2002, lot 228, The Blanche B. Exstein Collection.
Sotheby's, New York, October 25, 1997, lot 109, The Gerry P. Mack Collection.

Provenance:

Robert Hall
Jan Van Kronendike, The Netherlands

Exhibited:

Annual Convention ICSBS New York, November 2013

Flawless white nephrite is admired by all Chinese collectors along with the finest emerald green jadeite. This lovely white jade bottle, deliberately undecorated, has been left in its simplest form in order to appreciate the stone. This is best done by handling as many years of enjoyment has resulted in an almost soft and oily tactile quality.

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