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A SPINACH JADE 'LONGEVITY' SNUFF BOTTLE
1760-1800Of compressed pear form, the interior very well hollowed, with a flat lip and a flat oval foot rim, the narrow sides with C-scrolls carved in relief, the front and back with confronting kuilong surrounding a stylized shou character, the translucent stone with black and green flecks. 3in (7.5cm) high
1760-1800年 碧玉雕夔龍捧壽紋鼻煙壺Provenance: William A Parker Jr.The Fernhill Park CollectionIllustratedChinese Porcelain Company, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Fernhill Park Collection, New York, 1991, no. 73.A nearly identical bottle also in spinach jade is illustrated in Hughes, The Chester Beatty Library, Dublin Chinese Snuff Bottles, Baltimore, 2009 no 7, p. 22-23. A white nephrite snuff bottle of similar shape and design is illustrated in Clare Lawrence, The Alexander Brody Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, London, 1995 p. 12 no 5. A fourth example is illustrated in the Humphrey K. Hui collection is illustrated in The Imperial Connection, Court-Related Chinese Snuff Bottles, Hong Kong, 1998, no 64.