Lot 429. A carved jasper snuff bottle, 1780-1850. Estimate USD  5,000 - USD 7,000 © Christie's Images Ltd 2017

One side is carved in a dark green area of the dark reddish-brown stone with a katydid standing on leaves, the reverse is left plain.
2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) high, jadeite stopper 

Provenance: Alice Klein Collection, California.
Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, California, 2011.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5220.

Christie's. The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles: Part IV, 15 March 2017, New York, Rockefeller Center