A SUPERB JADEITE SNUFF BOTTLE

1760-1840

Details

A SUPERB JADEITE SNUFF BOTTLE
1760-1840
The mottled opaque stone is of deep and vivid emerald-green tones with paler veining and striations across the mid-body.
2 3/4 in. (6.98 cm.) high, stopper

Provenance

Alex S. Cussons (1914-1986) Collection
Hugh Moss Collection
The J & J Collection; sold at Christie's New York, 30 March 2005, lot 27

Literature

Moss, Graham, Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle. The J & J Collection, New York/Tokyo, 1993, vol. I, no. 69

Exhibited

Hugh M. Moss Ltd., London, 1974
Dallas Convention, October 1985
Christie's New York, 1993
Empress Place Museum, Singapore, 1994
Museum fur Kunsthandwerk, Snuff Bottles from China. The J & J Collection, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1996-1997
The Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle: The J & J Collection, London, 1997
Naples Museum of Art, Florida, 2002
Portland Museum of Art, Oregon, 2002
National Museum of History, The Miniature World: An exhibition of snuff bottles from the J & J Collection, Taipei, 2002
Poly Art Museum, The Art of Chinese Snuff Bottle: Selected Snuff Bottle Collection of James Li, Beijing, 2003

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Lot Essay

This is a quintessential example of a distinctive type of jadeite which was carved into a number of works of art in the nineteenth century. It is characterized by a deep, vivid emerald-green colour, opacity, and jagged lines of lighter, sometimes white, veining running through it. As in the case of other fine jadeite, the best colored specimens were frequently left plain so that the natural beauty of the material could perform without the interference of surface decoration.

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