PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF KIM GREEN A BOWENITE SNUFF BOTTLE1750-1860 Of squared form with shoulders sloping to a cylindrical neck and with a neatly carved inset oval foot, very well-hollowed, the stone of a chalky beige color with an irregular translucent red band streaking from across one shoulder to the opposite corner at the base; stopper. 2in (5.3cm) high 1750-1860年 包文石素面鼻煙壺 Provenance: Sloan's Auction Galleries, MA, 1995 The Collection of Robert and Molly Hsieh Sotheby's New York, 23 March 2004, lot 181 Clare Chu Kim Green (1958-2017) Collection, no. 85 來源： Sloan's Auction Galleries拍賣行，馬薩諸塞州，1995年 Robert and Molly Hsieh伉儷收藏 紐約蘇富比，2004年3月23日，拍品編號181 Clare Chu女士收藏 Kim Green（1958-2017）舊藏，藏品編號85 Bowenite is a harder variety of serpentine, which was mined domestically during the snuff bottle period in the Suzhou region. The material ranges in color from dark forest green through to olive-green, russet and yellowish white. It almost always occurs in small deposits.