Bottle ID: 197

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IMPERIAL VASE

Date: 18th Century

Height: 47 mm

Nephrite, yellow, of slender baluster shape, very well hollowed, with a large cylindrical opening at the neck, the stone of attractive even tone, tapering to a slightly concave foot.

Imperial, attributed to the Palace Workshops, Beijing.

Similar Examples:

Crane Collection nos. 374 and 494
Chang Lin-sheng. Snuff Bottles in the Collection of the National Palace Mueseum, Taipei, Taiwan, 1991, p. 151, no 126.
Moss, Hugh, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang. A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles - The Mary and George Bloch Collection, 1995, Vol. 1, pp. 250-251, no. 102.
Moss, Hugh, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang. The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle - The J & J Collection, 1993, Vol. I, pp. 91-92, no. 36.

Provenance:

Clare Lawrence Ltd.
Christie's, New York, October 18, 1993, lot 69
The Reif Collection

Exhibited:

Annual Convention ICSBS New York, November 2013

 

For a bottle of similar shape and color of stone, but lightly carved with a strapwork design and bearing a Qianlong four-character mark, see the Collection of Mary and George Bloch. As in that example, this bottle has a smooth surface polish and a warm yellowish tone, known as the color of steamed chestnuts, caused by iron impurities.

Though unmarked, this bottle must surely be a product of the Beijing Palace Workshops. This is supported by a similar white jade example in the Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei.

 

 

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