Lot 357. A jadeite snuff bottle, 1780-1860. Estimate USD 5,000 - USD 7,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017

The well-hollowed bottle is of flattened, ovoid form. The softly polished stone is suffused with pale, milky emerald-green cloud-like mottling. 2 in. (5.1 cm.) high, quartz stopper

Provenance: Rachelle R. Holden Collection.
Vanessa F. Holden Collection, New York, 1996.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2344.

Literature: Bob Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, New York, 1976, no. 443.

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