A white jade snuff bottle with diamond-point engraved decoration18th/19th centuryWell-hollowed, the rounded rectangular bottle standing on a carefully finished oval foot ring, with a straight neck, flat lip, lightly incised on one side with figures in boat, or on the riverbank under a pine tree, the reverse depicting one of the Disciples of the Buddha, Ingata, holding a long-handled spade to restrain a snake, with two bats hovering above; the incised details picked out in purple tinged color.2 5/8in (6.7cm) high注脚Provenance:Dr. Dean EdellButterfields & Butterfields, San Francisco, 1992Published:Christopher Randall, The Wildness Collection, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Dr. Edell Collection, 2018, no. 88