A WHITE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE

well hollowed, of flattened spade shape with a waisted neck and everted mouth, resting on a neatly carved foot with a concave base, the two faces carved in low relief, one beautifully depicting pine and bamboo, the reverse with a raised 14-character inscription, the stone of grayish white

Francine and Bernard Wald Collection.
Vanessa F. Holden.

Bottle in overall good condition, with negligible chip at the foot and one nick at the outer rim of the mouth.
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The inscription can be translated as:

'The jasper bamboo has long received the befitting honorific rank of gentleman;
The grand bluish pine solitarily withholds its bestowed title of the scholar-literatus.'