A white jade relief-carved 'magpie and pine' snuff bottle


18th/19th centuryThe pebble-shaped stone crisply carved in high and low relief with a magpie perching on a pine tree atop rockwork issuing sprays of lingzhi fungus, with intricate peony branches on the other side, the softly polished stone of an even white tone, stopper. 7.4cm (3in) high (2).
|十八/十九世紀 白玉雕花鳥紋鼻煙壺Provenance:A distinguished Asian private collection來源：亞洲顯赫私人收藏Compare with a white and russet jade snuff bottle, 18th century, carved from a pebble and relief-decorated with leafy branches, in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Lifting the Spirit and Body: The Art and Culture of Snuff Bottles, Taipei, 2012, p.158, no.III-020.與本壺紋飾類似的白玉鼻煙壺之例，可參考台北國立故宮博物院藏十八世紀一例，見《通嚏輕揚－鼻煙壺文化特展》，台北，2012年，頁158，編號III-020。