An inscribed white jade 'lotus pond' snuff bottle


18th centuryVery well-hollowed, the spade form bottle with a short, waisted neck, subtly recessed lip, concave foot, engraved to one broad and slightly convex side with a serene pond filled with large lotus blossoms mixed with millet growing on shore, the verso later incised with an Imperial poem, all heightened in gilt wash; the matrix marked with numerous icy specks.2 1/4in (5.7cm) high
|十八世紀 白玉鼻煙壺後刻荷塘秋色圖及御題詩文Provenance:Dr. Dean EdellImportant Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Kaynes-Klitz Collection, Part II, Sotheby's New York, 30 October 1990, lot 132Published:Christopher Randall, The Wildness Collection, Chinese Snuff Bottles form the Dr. Edell Collection, 2018, no. 127Exhibited:July 14th - October 8th, 2000Small Wonders Exhibition, Chinese Cultural Center, San Francisco, CaliforniaCurated by Clarence Shangraw