A rare white jade 'peach' snuff bottle. Beijing Palace Workshops, Qianlong

A rare white jade 'peach' snuff bottle. Beijing Palace Workshops, Qianlong

Of compressed globular form, the fine white jade stone skilfully worked and hollowed in the shape of a peach with meandering leaf branch, rising to a cylindrical neck and tapering to an oval base, stopper. 5.2cm (2in) high. (2). Sold for HK$156,000

Provenance: A private European collection
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 5 November 1997, lot 2174

Note: A similar white jade 'peach' snuff bottle in the Mary and George Bloch collection is illustrated by Moss, Graham and Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Vol 1, Jade, Hong Kong, 1995, p.164.

Bonhams. Fine Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Paintings, 21 May 2009. Island Shangri-La Hong Kong Hotel, Admiralty, Hong Kong www.bonhams.com