A YELLOW-GREEN JADE DOUBLE-GOURD SNUFF BOTTLE

very well hollowed, of double-gourd shape resting on a slightly concave circular base, carved in low relief with a band of upright lappets at the foot and a border of ruyi-head lappets at the tapered neck, the stone of an even yellow-green tone

Gerry P. Mack Collection.
Christie's South Kensington, 4th October 1999, lot 108.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd.

There are tiny nibbles on the mouth rim. Some of the veins and fissures original to the stone have resulted in faint pitting marks, particulary on the base. In otherwise good condition.
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The shape of this bottle is identical to a white jade example in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, which bears a Qianlong mark on the base, illustrated in Chang Lin-shen, Snuff Bottles in the Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, p. 150, fig. 123.

With the delicately carved lappets at the foot and neck, the double-gourd shape is lent an air of sophistication, especially when coupled with the coveted yellow-green color of the jade. For a vessel of this form, the interior is very well hollowed, further supporting a possible Imperial attribution.