Emerald Peaches

1760-1840
Height: 5.5cm
Mouth/lip: 0.80/1.99 cm
Stopper: ruby; gilt-silver collar

Provenance:
Riddell Collection
Bonham’s, New York, 22 March 2011, lot 135
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd

 

An emerald-flecked jadeite snuff bottle; very well hollowed, with a flat lip and a recessed oval foot, one main side carved in low relief with a peach branch and a bat.

Alexander Whittaker