A WHITE AND GREEN JADE 'EGGPLANT' SNUFF BOTTLE


Likely Imperial, Palace Workshops, 1750-1800Well hollowed, the bottle of eggplant form, the white jade body finely carved and polished and ending in a neat tip, mounted with a spinach-green jade calyx. 2in (5cm) high
|1750-1800年 擬御製 宮廷作坊 白玉配碧玉茄子形鼻煙壺Provenance: William A Parker Jr.White and green jade eggplant form snuff bottles like the current lot belong to a group that were produced in sets for the 18th century imperial court. Two sets of ten bottles are illustrated in Chang Lin-sheng, Snuff Bottles in the Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1991, pp. 142 and 145, pls. 112 and 115.