An inscribed nephrite snuff bottle. Likely Imperial Workshops, 1760-1800. Photo Bonhams.

Of flattened spade shape, with a flat everted lip and flat foot, one side with a intaglio carved depiction of a lotus, reversed by a poem finely incised in regular script titled Yu Ti He Hua Shi (Imperially Inscribed Lotus Poem, followed by a twenty-character poetic inscription, the interior well-hollowed, the stone with black and grey inclusions. 2 1/4in (5.7cm) high. Estimate US$ 8,000 - 10,000 (€5,800 - 7,200

Property from the Collection of Emmanuel Dimitri Gran (1894-1969)

The poem is recorded in Qianlong Yuzhi Jianshang Minghua Ti Shi Lu, 2 Ji, Juan 87. ( 乾隆御制鉴赏名画题诗录 二集, 卷八十七)

Bonhams.CHINESE ART FROM THE SCHOLAR'S STUDIO. 17 Mar 2014, New York - www.bonhams.com