BLACK NEPHRITE JADE CARVED SNUFF BOTTLE, 18th Century
Snuff Bottles
$8,000
- Material
- Jade
- Color
- Black
- Origin
- China
- Age / Period
- Pre-1800
- Dimensions
- Height: 2.36 inches (6.0cm) - not including stopper, Width: 2.0 inches (5.0cm), Thickness: 1.72 inches (4.3cm)
- Condition
- Estate / Pre-owned
This is a very fine, flattened, rounded square form Snuff Bottle with a straight round neck, rounded sloping shoulders, resting on a raised oval footing. Made of Black Nephrite Jade. The bottle is well hollowed, decorated with slight high relief carving of a Peony flower (a symbol of beauty in China) and branch on each side. It has a very smooth and lustrous surface. It comes with a light brown and black agate stopper with spoon. The black color in jade is described by most sources as 'very deep green, but, because of the high iron content, it appears black'...as these pieces of jade are very black, you tend not to see through most of the stone" This bottle appears to be very black through the naked eye. When you place a light source on its mouth, the reflection of the light does not pass through, as it is supposed to. However, when you shine a light on the sides of the bottle, its color then appears very deep dark green, with some charcoal gray wide patches and a small area of minute black intrusions. In this case, the jade appears in layers of dark green and dark-gray, almost black. The craftsman very cleverly used the darker gray/black tone of the++stone's skin to carve the Peony flowers and branches, and left the dark green layer as ground. You can see the difference in the skin tones when you shine a light source (ie: flashlight) to the sides of the bottle.++ ++A Black Jade bottle with similar characteristics was sold at++ ++Christies on 13 September 2007 for $10,625++ . The current market value of this bottle is in the range of $8,000 to $25,000 This outstanding bottle is in remarkable preserved condition. Bottle Measurements Height: 2.36 inches (6.0cm) - not including stopper Width: 2.0 inches (5.0cm) Thickness: 1.72 inches (4.3cm) Weight: 4.2 ounces