A CARVED WHITE AND RUSSET JADE SNUFF BOTTLE1750-1820 Of off-white tone, of flattened, rounded form with a cylindrical neck and a neatly carved oval footrim, very well-hollowed, one main side carved with a chicken and her five chicks in a rocky landscape, the reverse uncarved but with a russet-brown skin; stopper. 2in (5.1cm) high 1750-1820 棕白玉刻「五子登科」鼻煙壺一件 Provenance: Helen D. Ling Estate, July 29 2007 Joan and Ted Dorf Collection, no. 360 Chickens have a long history of domestication in China. The prodigious and ever-watchful hen with her brood is a symbol of nurturing and fertility.