A fine jadeite snuff bottle18th/19th century
Well-hollowed, of elegant slender ovoid form supported on a gently recessed oval foot, the attractively polished stone of a pale green colour with apple-green and white inclusions, stopper. 5.7cm (2 1/4in) high (2).注脚十八/十九世紀 翡翠素身鼻煙壺

Provenance:
Acquired from Robert Kleiner, London, by repute
The Angela Chua Collection

來源：
傳購於倫敦Robert Kleiner
蔡劉木蘭收藏

The present lot allows the viewer to take pleasure in the natural beauty and translucency of the stone by leaving the material unadorned with a lustrous polish. See a plain jadeite snuff bottle, 1770-1860, illustrated by H.Moss, V.Graham and K.B.Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol.1, Hong Kong, 1998, no.178, which was later sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 25 May 2011, lot 82.

翡翠質，水潤翠瑩，短頸溜肩，斜收小圈足，停勻秀麗。

可參考一件清中期素面翡翠鼻煙壺，見莫仕撝、V.Graham及曾嘉寶著，《瑪麗與莊智博鼻煙壺珍藏》，卷1，香港，1998年，編號178，後售於香港邦瀚斯，2011年5月25日，拍品編號82。