A PALE CELADON ‘CHILONG’ JADE SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTYThe nephrite of pure and even pale celadon tone, carved in high relief, with a good hand-polishChina, 18th-19th century The rectangular-shaped bottle carved with two sinuous chilong in slightly raised reserves with rounded edges. The sides with powerful lion mask ring handles in high relief. Shape: RectangularHollowing: Very goodMouth, neck and lip: Cylindric, slightly sprawling neck, convex top and small mouthBase: Oval base with significantly raised foot rimStopper: Matching yellow jade stopper on a malachite platelet with a very nice, old spoonHeight of the bottle with stopper: 7 cm.Width of the mouth: 6 mm.Width of the neck: 20 mm.Weight: 89 gramsCondition: Excellent, with only a few natural fissuresProvenance: From the collection of Mary Ann Edmondson Bresee, Georgia, USA, avid collector and former member of the International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society. Her grandfather was Walter T. Candler, son of Asa G. Candler, the founder of the Coca-Cola Company. Her bottles were exhibited both at the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens and the Norton Museum of Art.Auction result comparison: CHINESE WORKS OF ART, Bonham’s, 14 March 2016, NEW YORK, lot 8020. (for a bottle from the same group)青白玉螭龍鼻烟壺，清代青白玉純净，雕刻精美，表面抛光柔和 中國， 十八至十九世紀 壺型： 長方躰掏膛： 極好壺口、頸與唇部：寬大圓柱形頸部，頂部凸起，小口底足： 橢圓形底，高圈足壺蓋： 黃玉蓋，孔雀石托片，精緻的老杓壺高（含壺蓋）： 7 厘米口徑： 6 毫米壺頸寬： 20 毫米重量： 89 克品相：不同凡響，僅有些微天然小縫來源：美國喬治亞州 Mary Ann Edmondson Bresee收藏，狂熱的收藏傢，曾是國際中國鼻烟壺收藏協會會員。她的祖父是Walter T. Candler，Asa G. Candler的兒子，可口可樂公司成立人。她的鼻烟壺曾在the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens美術館及the Norton Museum of Art美術館展出過。