TWO WHITE NEPHRITE JADE BOTTLES1770-1830 and 1850-1920 The first of small rectangular shape supported on a well-carved tall foot, the narrow sides with low-relief lion-mask fixed-ring handles, the stone of even tone; the second ofpressed rounded shape with short cylindrical neck, carved in the Suzhou style with a seated scholar, possibly Wang Xizhi with two geese under a pine on one side, the reverse with a figure under pine holding a scepter and watching a stork with outstretched wings; stoppers. 2 3/8in (6.1cm) high; 2 1/16in (5.4cm) high (2). 1770-1830、1850-1920年 白玉鼻烟壺二只 Provenance: The first: Lady Victoria Ramsey Christie's London, 11 February 1974, Lot 50 White Wings Collection Robert Kleiner, 25 June 1999 The second: William G. Thompson House Museum Robert C. Eldred, 26 August 2005, lot 130 Literature: The first: ICSBS Journal June 1997, Hugh Moss, 'The Kleiner Family Collection', p. 5 Robert Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles, The White Wings Collection , Hong Kong, 1997, p. 51, no. 26 來源： 其一： Victoria Ramsey夫人舊藏 倫敦佳士得，1974年2月11日，拍品編號50 White Wings舊藏 Robert Kleiner古董行，1999年6月25日 其二： William G. Thompson宅邸博物館 Robert C. Eldred拍賣行，2005年8月26日，拍品編號130 出版： 其一： 國際中國鼻烟壺協會期刊，1997年6月，莫士撝，《The Kleiner Family Collection》，頁5 Robert Kleiner，《Chinese Snuff Bottles, The White Wings Collection》，香港，1997年，頁51，號26 Wang Xizhi (303-361 BCE) was a legendary Chinese scholar official best known for his mastery of calligraphy but also for his love of geese. He was said to have been guided in his calligraphy by the languid movements of the necks of geese.