A CHALCEDONY SNUFF BOTTLE POSSIBLY PALACE WORKSHOPS, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG – DAOGUANG PERIOD

very well hollowed, with a flat lip and a recessed flat foot surrounded by a protruding flat footrim; the coral stopper with a gilt-bronze collar

Hugh M. Moss Ltd., 1986.

Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Mary and George Bloch at the Galleries of Sydney L. Moss, Ltd., Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London, 1987, cat. no. 145.
Creditanstalt, Vienna, 1993.  

Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol. 2, Hong Kong, 1998, no. 228.

The snuff bottle is in very good condition. The actual colour of the stone is more greyish brown, less red compared to the catalogue illustration
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In its simplicity of form, superb detailing, and choice of material, this bottle is probably linked to, among others, another example in the Bloch Collection, sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 27th May 2012, lot 77, which has the hallmark of Yongxing (1752-1823), the eleventh son of the Qianlong emperor, allowing a tentative palace attribution for this example.