An Inscribed White Jade 'Prunus' Snuff Bottle Atrributed to Suzhou, Qing Dynasty, 17th / 18th Century

of rectangular form, gently sloping at the shoulders and supported on a short raised foot, intricately worked in low relief on one side with a prunus tree issuing from rockwork adjacent to a four-character zhuanshu inscription jingguan shangwan ('peacefully observing and enjoying'), the reverse undecorated, the stone of an even white colour

Good condition.
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For another closely related white jade snuff bottle, worked with prunus and a four-character zhuanshu inscription, 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. 118, where the authors argue that this style of carving is representative of the first stage of Suzhou snuff-bottle production.