Bottle ID: 437

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PEAR SHAPE

Date: 1740-1800

Height: 70 mm

Nephrite, yellow, of elongated, slightly compressed yuhuchun (tear drop) form, the long neck flared at the top, with a slightly convex lip and recessed, oval foot rim.

Probably Imperial; attributed to the Palace workshops, Beijing.

 

Similar Examples:

Crane Collection no. 83
Sotheby's, New York, March 17, 1997, lot 250, The San Francisco Collection.

Provenance:

Apart from the use of a color of jade favoured at Court by the Qing emperors, the vase-shape here is also typical of a range of Palace snuff-bottles, although the shape, here taken from a standard yuhuchun and elongated elegantly, is an unusual one. A third feature is the heavy foot left by the hollowing process, which in this case is 7 mm deep.

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