A White Jade 'Bannerman' Snuff Bottle Attributed to Suzhou, Qing Dynasty, 18th Century

of compressed globular form supported on a raised oval footrim, intricately worked in relief on one side with a bannerman on horseback bearing a banner, with a sun (ri) character amidst stylised clouds at the top, the reverse undecorated, the stone of an even white colour with the banner in orange-russet skilfully rendered from a natural russet-brown inclusion

good condition. The colour of the jade bottle is slightly less white than in the catalogue photo, and a has a yellowish-green tinge.
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For another white jade snuff bottle attributed to Suzhou of closely related carving style, depicting the scholar Mi Fu, see Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol. 1, Hong Kong, 1995, no. 121.