18th/19th century|The bottle of compressed ovoid form raising from an oval foot to a tall cylindrical neck, carved on both sides with a flattened archaistic cicada, its carapace detailed with scrolls and folded wings, the abdomen with notched ridges, the polished stone of a white even tone. 6.3cm (2 1/2in) high.|十八/十九世紀 白玉蟬形鼻煙壺Provenance: a distinguished Asian private collection來源： 顯貴亞洲私人收藏A similar white jade 'Zhirou Zhai cicada' snuff bottle, circa 1700-1840, is illustrated by H.Moss, V.Graham and K.B.Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Mary and George Bloch Collection: Volume 1, Jade, Hong Kong, 1995, pp.86-87, no.31.