A VERY RARE AND EXCEPTIONAL CARVED DUAN-STONE SNUFF BOTTLE BOTTLE:...

A VERY RARE AND EXCEPTIONAL CARVED DUAN-STONE SNUFF BOTTLE
BOTTLE: PROBABLY IMPERIAL, ATTRIBUTED TO GUANGDONG PROVINCE AND PROBABLY FROM A WORKSHOP IN GUANGZHOU, 1736-1814; INSCRIPTIONS: SHOUJING, HALL OF SPRING FLAVOR, 1736-1830
2 1⁄16 in. (5.2 cm.) high, coral stopper with pearl finial

Provenance
Alice M. Boney (1901-1988) Collection, New York.
Hugh Moss Collection, London.

Literature
100 Selected Chinese Snuff Bottles from the J & J Collection, Christie's London, 1987, back cover and no. 69.
The Journal of the International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society, Baltimore, Autumn 1989, front cover.
H. Moss et al., The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, vol. 1, New York, 1993, pp. 151-6, no. 84.