An exceptional emerald-green jadeite snuff bottle


18th/19th centuryOf flattened rectangular form with rounded corners, rising from a narrow oval foot to the angeled shoulders below a cylindrical neck, the well-polished stone of a brilliant bright apple-green tone, stopper. 5.5cm (2 1/4in) high. (2).
|十八/十九世紀 翡翠素身鼻煙壺Provenance:Sotheby's Hong Kong, 5 May 1994, lot 1452A distinguished Asian private collectionExhibited:On loan to the Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore, 1996-2002來源：香港蘇富比，1994年5月5日，拍品編號1452亞洲顯赫私人收藏展覽：1996至2002年借展於新加坡亞洲文明博物館The present lot is remarkable for its exquisite jewel-like even tone of milky emerald green, left unadorned finishing with a lustrous polish, allowing the viewer to take pleasure in the natural stone and in the carver's accomplishment. Snuff bottles of this form are more often seen in white jade material made in the 18th century. The elegant form, the narrow opening and the good interior hollowing require superb technical skills of the carver given the additional hardness of the material compared to nephrite, indicating Imperial Workshops origin for this lot.A jadeite snuff bottle of similar form, 1770-1860, is illustrated in A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol.1, Hong Kong, 1998, no.178, and was later sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 25 May 2011, lot 82. Compare also another example of a jadeite bottle, 18th/19th century, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 3-4 December 2015, lot 646.翠玉質，瑩翠晶透，短頸，溜肩，扁身，圈足，光素無紋。配紅碧璽蓋。本品身形雅緻，停勻優美，不著刀工，更得天然。可參考一件清中期素身翡翠鼻煙壺，見《A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection》，卷1，香港，1998年，編號178，後售於香港邦瀚斯，2011年5月25日，拍品編號82。香港蘇富比售出一件類似的翡翠素身鼻煙壺亦資參考，2015年12月3-4日，拍品編號646。