A very fine jadeite rectangular snuff bottle


19th centuryVery well-hollowed, rising from a neat rectangular recessed foot to a cylindrical neck and slightly concave lip, each face and side carved with a raised panel with canted edges, the stone of a bright emerald and apple green tone with icy-white inclusions, stopper. 5.7cm (2 1/8in) high. (2).
|十九世紀 翡翠長方形鼻煙壺Provenance:The Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New JerseySotheby's New York, 22 September 1995, lot 102 (front cover)A distinguished Asian private collection來源：新澤西州蒙特克萊藝術博物館紐約蘇富比，1995年9月22日，拍品編號102（封面）亞洲顯赫私人收藏The present snuff bottle was formerly part of the collection of the Montclair Art Museum. One of the museum's principal founders, Mrs Florence Osgood Rand Lang (1862-1943), was one of the donors of the snuff bottle collection, alongside another donor who wished to remain anonymous.本壺為新澤西州蒙特克萊藝術博物館舊藏。該博物館其中一位主要創辦人Florence Osgood Rand Lang女士(1862-1943年）與另一位匿名人士同為博物館的鼻煙壺藏品之捐贈者。Jadeite stones of the finest natural colour were often left undecorated, as demonstrated in the present lot. The snuff bottle is of rich and vibrant emerald green and icy tones, which are beautifully exhibited through the elegant form and skillful carving and polishing.Compare with a rectangular jadeite snuff bottle of very similar form and size, illustrated in the National Museum of History, Taipei exhibition Another World in Hand: The Selection of Snuff Bottles, Taipei, 2007, p.53.Snuff bottles of this form are more often seen in white or pale green jade, see for example a set of ten pale green jade examples, illustrated in Snuff Bottles in the Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1991, p.146, no.116.翠玉質，扁長方形，直頸，長方足，光素無紋。本壺質地晶瑩剔透，打磨細膩，明艷顏色中透著幾分冰涼，實屬難得一見的精品。與本壺相似之例，可參考台北國立歷史博物館展覽《盈握洞天：鼻煙壺精選展》一例，見圖錄，台北，2007年，頁53。此類造型之鼻煙壺更多見於白玉或青玉例子，更顯本壺之珍貴。見台北國立故宮博物院藏一組十件青玉長方形鼻煙壺，《故宮鼻煙壺》，台北，1991年，頁146，編號116。