A good pure white nephrite snuff bottle, well hollowed, with two monkeys and a peach in low relief. Jade, set in a metal collar, stopper.

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Monkeys & Peach Snuff Bottle

 

A good pure white nephrite snuff bottle, well hollowed, with two monkeys and a peach in low relief.  Jade, set in a metal collar, stopper.

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Nephrite, pure white carved in low relief with two exuberant monkeys pulling down a branch whilst trying to reach a peach high above; the bottle bulbous and well hollowed.

Chinese, 1750-1860
Stopper: green jade set in metal collar
Provenance: Robert Hall, 1979
Height: 5.2cm

White jade (nephrite) was another favourite of the Qianlong Emperor (1736-1795), the whiter and purer the better. Many jade snuff bottles had imperfections in them as they were formed from the excess trimmed from larger boulders. These smaller pieces were carved into snuff bottles, utilising the markings to good advantage within the design of the bottle.

 
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