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A FACETED BLUE JADEITE SNUFF BOTTLE Published and Exhibited:
Imperial, Palace Workshops, Beijing 1780-1830 Mikimoto Hall, Tokyo, October 1978, Catalogue, no. 167
Well-hollowed, with a decagonal outline, surmounted by a short
tubular neck and supported on a flat foot, the two main sides crisply 來源：
carved with a flowerhead with faceted petals radiating from a circular Bob C. Stevens 珍藏之中國鼻煙壺第1部分，檀香山蘇富比，1981年
center, the stone of semi-translucent blue-gray color with icy-white 11月7日，拍品編號123
inclusions. Eric Young 珍藏之重要中國鼻煙壺第4部分,香港蘇富比，1993年10月
2 1/8in (5.3cm) high 28日，拍品編號1222
紐約蘇富比，2001年10月17日，拍品編號263
$8,000 - 12,000
文獻:
1780-1880年 翠玉磨花鼻煙壺 Bob C. Stevens, The Collector’s Book of Snuff Bottles《鼻煙壺收藏指
南》, 紐約，1976年出版，編號1009
Provenance:
Bob C. Stevens 展覽：
Sotheby’s, Honolulu, Fine and Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from Mikimoto Hall（御本木大廳）, 東京，1978年10月 ,圖錄編號167
the collection of Bob C. Stevens, Part I, 7 November 1981, lot 123
Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the This superbly cut blue jadeite bottle belongs to a group of several
Collection of Eric Young, Part IV, 28 October 1993, lot 1222 extant bottles in this form that were made at the Palace Workshops.
Sotheby’s, New York, Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 17 The technique of faceting was introduced to Chinese Imperial
October 2001, lot 263 craftsman by the Jesuits, and the overlapping radiating cuts recall the
chrysanthemum flower. This profile also appears in bottles fashioned
Published: from glass, crystal, and agate, but the majority of extant bottles in
Bob C. Stevens, The Collectors Book of Snuff Bottles, New York, jadeite share the pale blue color of the present example.
1976, no. 1009. This bottle was treasured by Bob Stevens, appearing as one of

the Favorites Among the Favored in his classic 1976 overview The
Collector’s Book of Snuff Bottles. This bottle was later in the collection
of Eric Young, offered with two others from this exclusive group in
1993. A fourth bottle in the Joe Grimberg collection was sold at
Sotheby’s New York 14 September 2010.

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