China Gray-green, black, and reddish-brown jade snuffbox. - 7 cm
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This Chinese snuff bottle is made of grey-green, black and russet jade and dates to the mid-Qing dynasty, circa 1750–1850.
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Beautiful Chinese jade snuff bottle dating from the mid-Qing dynasty, circa 1750–1850.
The bottle adopts an elegant compressed globular form, with rounded shoulders, a short cylindrical neck, and a flat foot. It is carefully hollowed through the opening and retains an old polish that is especially soft and even.
Its main appeal lies in the remarkable visual quality of the stone. Jade naturally displays a rich combination of gray-green, olive-brown, black, and reddish tones, irregularly distributed throughout the mass. Depending on the angle and lighting, these areas form an almost abstract, painterly pattern. The bottle has intentionally been left uncarved to fully showcase these natural variations of the material.
The contrast between the dark zones and the lighter parts of the jade gives this snuff bottle a very distinctive presence, while the hemispherical stopper in green quartz, mounted on cork, harmoniously completes the ensemble.
The form, hollowing, proportions, and lapidary treatment align with the Qing dynasty tradition of hardstone snuff bottles. Institutional collections preserve several Qing jade snuff bottles of comparable size and design, illustrating the emphasis placed on the intrinsic beauty of the stone in this very particular art of the Chinese snuff bottle.
Dimensions: 7 × 5 × 3 cm
Weight: 114.7 g
Stopper: green quartz on cork.
Condition: good overall for age, with minor wear, micro-scratches, and a few small nicks around the mouth. No major fractures or visible structural restorations.
Provenance: former French private collection; then Belgian private collection.
A sober but highly expressive snuff bottle, whose interest rests primarily on the quality, contrast, and natural distribution of the jade’s colors, particularly appealing in the hand.
Seller's Story
MIMOSA SA — EXPERTISE, RESEARCH AND TRANSMISSION
For more than 26 years, I have been working as an art dealer specializing in ancient Asian arts. My work is not simply to offer objects: it is to observe them, to understand them, to study them and to document them before passing them to a new collector.
Each work presented by Mimosa SA undergoes thorough examination. Depending on its nature, this study may concern the iconography, the style, the proportions, the material, the execution techniques, surface traces, patina, the condition, restorations, provenance as well as relevant bibliographic, museum or archaeological comparisons. When justified, additional scientific analyses may also be undertaken.
Our approach rests on the experience of sight, gained from direct contact with the works for over two decades, but also on methodical and constantly renewed research. We always favor a cautious, coherent and argued attribution rather than a seductive but insufficiently substantiated assertion.
Transparency is at the heart of our approach. The wear, gaps, accidents, ancient restorations or more recent interventions are reported as precisely as possible. When an attribution carries uncertainty or remains a working hypothesis, it is clearly presented as such.
Present on Catawiki since 2016, we have chosen to maintain a regular selection of works there in order to meet international collectors who value authenticity, knowledge and quality of documentation.
Each acquisition is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued under our professional responsibility. For the most important works, this certificate takes the form of a genuine study dossier gathering the main technical, stylistic, iconographic, historical and bibliographic observations made during our research.
The same standard applies to shipping. Over the years, we have developed a packaging method adapted to old, fragile, heavy or complex-shaped objects. Each work is protected, immobilized and carefully packaged, according to its material and its particularities. The shipping costs correspond to the real needs for protection, handling, insurance and secure transport. Shipping is never regarded as a source of commercial profit.
Acquiring a work from Mimosa SA is to receive a selected, studied, described, documented and prepared object with the same care that we would wish for a work destined for our own collection.
Translated by Google TranslateBeautiful Chinese jade snuff bottle dating from the mid-Qing dynasty, circa 1750–1850.
The bottle adopts an elegant compressed globular form, with rounded shoulders, a short cylindrical neck, and a flat foot. It is carefully hollowed through the opening and retains an old polish that is especially soft and even.
Its main appeal lies in the remarkable visual quality of the stone. Jade naturally displays a rich combination of gray-green, olive-brown, black, and reddish tones, irregularly distributed throughout the mass. Depending on the angle and lighting, these areas form an almost abstract, painterly pattern. The bottle has intentionally been left uncarved to fully showcase these natural variations of the material.
The contrast between the dark zones and the lighter parts of the jade gives this snuff bottle a very distinctive presence, while the hemispherical stopper in green quartz, mounted on cork, harmoniously completes the ensemble.
The form, hollowing, proportions, and lapidary treatment align with the Qing dynasty tradition of hardstone snuff bottles. Institutional collections preserve several Qing jade snuff bottles of comparable size and design, illustrating the emphasis placed on the intrinsic beauty of the stone in this very particular art of the Chinese snuff bottle.
Dimensions: 7 × 5 × 3 cm
Weight: 114.7 g
Stopper: green quartz on cork.
Condition: good overall for age, with minor wear, micro-scratches, and a few small nicks around the mouth. No major fractures or visible structural restorations.
Provenance: former French private collection; then Belgian private collection.
A sober but highly expressive snuff bottle, whose interest rests primarily on the quality, contrast, and natural distribution of the jade’s colors, particularly appealing in the hand.
Seller's Story
MIMOSA SA — EXPERTISE, RESEARCH AND TRANSMISSION
For more than 26 years, I have been working as an art dealer specializing in ancient Asian arts. My work is not simply to offer objects: it is to observe them, to understand them, to study them and to document them before passing them to a new collector.
Each work presented by Mimosa SA undergoes thorough examination. Depending on its nature, this study may concern the iconography, the style, the proportions, the material, the execution techniques, surface traces, patina, the condition, restorations, provenance as well as relevant bibliographic, museum or archaeological comparisons. When justified, additional scientific analyses may also be undertaken.
Our approach rests on the experience of sight, gained from direct contact with the works for over two decades, but also on methodical and constantly renewed research. We always favor a cautious, coherent and argued attribution rather than a seductive but insufficiently substantiated assertion.
Transparency is at the heart of our approach. The wear, gaps, accidents, ancient restorations or more recent interventions are reported as precisely as possible. When an attribution carries uncertainty or remains a working hypothesis, it is clearly presented as such.
Present on Catawiki since 2016, we have chosen to maintain a regular selection of works there in order to meet international collectors who value authenticity, knowledge and quality of documentation.
Each acquisition is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued under our professional responsibility. For the most important works, this certificate takes the form of a genuine study dossier gathering the main technical, stylistic, iconographic, historical and bibliographic observations made during our research.
The same standard applies to shipping. Over the years, we have developed a packaging method adapted to old, fragile, heavy or complex-shaped objects. Each work is protected, immobilized and carefully packaged, according to its material and its particularities. The shipping costs correspond to the real needs for protection, handling, insurance and secure transport. Shipping is never regarded as a source of commercial profit.
Acquiring a work from Mimosa SA is to receive a selected, studied, described, documented and prepared object with the same care that we would wish for a work destined for our own collection.
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Culture
China
Century/timeframe
XVIIIe–XIXe siècle | Dynastie Qing, milieu Qing, vers 1750–1850
Name of object
Gray-green, black, and reddish-brown jade snuffbox.
Acquired from
Private collection
Year acquired
2020
Country acquired from
Belgium
Condition
Good
Previous owner acquired from
Gallery / Antique dealer
Height
7 cm
Previous owner - year acquired
1990
Width
5 cm
Previous owner - country acquired from
Belgium
Depth
3 cm
I verify that I have obtained this object legally and that I am allowed to sell it
Yes
Authenticity
Original/official
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