A fine white jade snuff bottle18th/19th century
The well-hollowed bottle of an elegant flattened disk form raised on a gently countersunk base, the stone of an attractive creamy-white tone with a smooth polish, stopper. 6cm (2 1/2in) high (2).注脚十八/十九世紀 白玉素身鼻煙壺

Provenance:
Sotheby's New York, 27 June 1986, lot 146
Robert Kleiner, 1995, by repute
The Angela Chua Collection

來源：
紐約蘇富比，1986年6月27日，拍品編號146
傳Robert Kleiner，1995年
蔡劉木蘭收藏

Exhibited:
On loan to the Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore, 1996-2002

展覽：
1996年至2002年借展於新加坡亞洲文明博物館

The outstanding quality of the white stone has an attractive silky polish to the entire surface showing the delicate curves of the form, displaying a consistency with the finest jade used for the court and in the Imperial Workshops. See examples of white jade snuff bottles of similar form, illustrated in Snuff Bottles in the Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1991, pp.175-176, nos.190 and 192.

本壺打磨細膩，素面無紋，更顯其瑩潤玉質和優美線條。相近造型之白玉鼻煙壺例子，可參考台北國立故宮博物院藏二例，見《故宮鼻煙壺》，台北，1991年，頁175及176，編號190及192。