Bottle ID: 319

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BALUSTER FORM WITH SCROLLING

Date: 1736-1795

Height: 51 mm

 

Nephrite, well hollowed, of small baluster from tapering to a straightened wide mouth, and with a slightly concave foot; the yellow and russet stone decorated with a continuous band of interlocking scrolling commas overlapped at each side by a mask and ring handle.

Imperial, attributed to the Palace Workshops, Beijing.

 

 

Similar Examples:

Crane Collection no. 406
Crane Collection nos. 126 and 440
Moss, Hugh, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang. The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle - The J & J Collection, 1993, Vol. I, pp. 87-89, no. 34.
Moss, Hugh, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang. A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles - The Mary and George Bloch Collection, 1995, Vol. 1, pp. 228-231, no. 94.
Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Joseph Baruch Silver in Conjunction with the Exhibition at The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Winter 1987, p. 29, no. 47.

 

Provenance:

Clare Lawrence Ltd.
Beijing Hanhai Art Auction Corp., October 24, 1996, lot 188

 

Exhibited:
 

Annual Convention ICSBS New York, November 2013

 

 

 

The Qianlong emperor had a great fondness for jade and in particular for the archaic jade of preceding dynasties. In the second half of his reign, when the supply of nephrite was more plentiful, he ordered a large number of pieces. These were made by order in eight workshops around the country. Whilst the number of workshops have been recorded, their exact locations have not yet been specified except that we can assume that one would be within the confines of the Palace and one of the others in the are of Suzhou, where the great jade carvers worked.

 

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