A white jade pebble-form snuff bottle


18th/19th centuryWell-hollowed, the lustrous creamy-white stone smoothly polished retaining the natural irregular shape of the pebble and faintly accentuated with russet patches, stopper. 6.8cm (2 5/8in) high. (2).
|十八/十九世紀 白玉瓜式鼻煙壺Provenance:Sotheby's Hong Kong, 3 November 1994, lot 983A distinguished Asian private collection來源：香港蘇富比，1994年11月3日，拍品編號983亞洲顯赫私人收藏The present lot displays a superb quality of the precious stone with a silky polish to the surface, displaying a sumptuous texture and an outstanding colour. Compare with two sets of ten gourd-shaped snuff bottles of similar form and size, illustrated in Snuff Bottles in the Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1991, pp.143 and 164, nos.113 and 159. See also a white jade 'pebble' snuff bottle from the Lizzadro collection, 1750-1850, which was sold at Christie's New York, 21 March 2013, lot 8961; and another related example, 18th century, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 1-2 June 2015, lot 690.參考台北國立故宮博物院藏一組十件青白玉瓜式鼻煙壺，其形制和尺寸與本壺可資對比，見《故宮鼻煙壺》，台北，1991年，頁143及164，編號113及159。其他相近例子可見Lizzadro舊藏一件白玉鼻煙壺，定為1750-1850年，後售於紐約佳士得，2013年3月21日，拍品編號8961；再參考香港蘇富比售一例，2015年6月1-2日，拍品編號690。