AN ICY-GREEN JADEITE SNUFF BOTTLE


Yitang mark, 1780-1833Of compressed globular form, with a slightly concave lip and a flat foot, the foot incised with a Yitang mark in seal script, the stone with a slight green cast. 2 1/4in (5.7cm) high
|1780-1833年 翠玉鼻煙壺 《繹堂》款Provenance: William A Parker Jr.C.P. Lee and Sons, Perth, Australia, (according to label)This bottle is one on a small handful that bear the Yitang mark in seal script on the foot. According to Moss, Graham and Tsang A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary & George Bloch Collection Vol 1 nos. 146-148, Yitang was the zi or hao of Nanyancheng, a conferred jinshi scholar and Manchu member of the Plain White Banner.