Bottle ID: 281

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JET, HEXAGONAL INCISED

Date: 18th Century

Height: 67 mm

Jet, of hexagonal tapering baluster form, with rounded shoulders and a short cylindrical neck, continuously incised in low relief with a gnarled prunus branch around the central body.
Possibly imperial, attributed to the Palace Workshops.

Similar Examples:

Crane Collection no. 279.
Crane Collection no. 193.
Lawrence, Clare. Miniature Masterpieces from the Middle Kingdom - The Monimar Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, 1996, pp.148-149, no. 68.6.
Moss, Hugh, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang. A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles - The Mary and George Bloch Collection, 2009, Vol. 7, Part 2, pp. 340-343, no. 1605 and pp. 344-345, no. 1606.
Moss, Hugh, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang. The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle - The J & J Collection, 1993, Vol. I, pp. 165-166, no. 90.

Provenance:

Clare Lawrence Ltd.
Alexander Brody
Clare Lawrence Ltd.

Published:

Lawrence, Clare. The Alexander Brody Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, 1995, p. 43, no. 61

Jet is a soft mineraloid derived from heavily compressed decaying wood. It is easy to carve in general, but can also break readily, so that most jet bottles and works of art are carved without any detail, unlike this example with its fine incised decoration.

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