A very fine black and white jade gourd-shaped snuff bottle18th/19th century
Skilfully carved with a bird perching amidst curling leaves cleverly utilising the dark inclusions to highlight the design, stopper. 5.8cm (2 1/4in) high (2).注脚十八/十九世紀 灰白玉巧雕葫蘆瓜葉鼻煙壺

Provenance:
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 28 October 1992, lot 395
Hartman Rare Art, New York, 1 December 1993
The Angela Chua Collection

來源：
香港蘇富比，1992年10月28日，拍品編號395
紐約Hartman Rare Art，1993年12月1日
蔡劉木蘭收藏

The present lot although atypical of the Zhiting style at Suzhou, with its extraordinary use of the darker inclusion to portray naturalistic leaves and bird in low relief with a lustrous polish, could be attributed to a Suzhou carver. For a related example of a black and white jade snuff bottle, see D.S.K.Low, More Treasures from the Sanctum of Enlightened Respect, Hong Kong, 2002, no.50.

灰白玉質，灰黑玉部分巧雕花葉藤蔓，白玉質地則為瓜腹，形體圓潤，匠心巧用。

參考一件劉修敬藏灰白玉巧雕鼻煙壺，見《More Treasures from the Sanctum of Enlightened Respect》，香港，2002年，編號50。