This is a finely carved Celadon Jade Snuff Bottle, in the form of a Lobed Gourd. It is a mostly of natural celadon color ground with a small curved russet line near its mouth, and a spot of gray on one of its sides. It comes with small thin coral stopper with spoon. This great looking bottle is in excellent preserved condition.
Bottle Measurements
Height: 1.98 inches (5.0cm) - not including stopper
Width: 1.42 inches (3.6cm)
Thickness: 0.98 inches (2.58cm)
Weight: 1.4 ounces
An similar form snuff bottle is illustrated in 'The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles", by Bob C. Stevens, Item 602 and 651. Style common in late 18th C. and early 19th C.
Photo #8: A similar form and material bottle was sold at Christies, London, on 12 November 2015 for 2,500 GBP , plus premium.
"The hollowing is very well done,
following the outer contour up into the shoulders and around the body, but
leaving a fairly heavy foot (0.52 cm). This feature was clearly a matter of
choice rather than a question of saving time or effort, as the detailing is
superb, with a perfectly circular interior base and a neat right-angled wall
rising up from it. This cannot have been an easy task through so small a mouth
and with the restrictions of a long, only slightly flaring inner cylinder to
the neck. It speaks volumes for the commitment of the artist that he would go
to so much trouble on a feature invisible to the user, particularly if the
bottle were full of snuff.