A CHINESE WHITE JADE RECTANGULAR-SECTION SNUFF BOTTLE 19TH CENTURY The plain body surmounted by a cylindrical neck and flanked by two lion masks holding rings in their mouths, all raised on a short tapering foot, the slightly recessed base incised with the hall mark Xing You Heng Tang, the pale stone of an even tone, 5.5cm. The hall Xing You Heng Tang is known to have been the residence of the Manchu official Zhai Quan, who was one of the great grandsons of the Qianlong Emperor. Zhai Quan was a famous collector of works of art during the Daoguang and early Xianfeng periods before his death in 1854. Cf. R Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles in the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, p.101, no.58 for another jade snuff bottle with this hall mark which was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong on 27th May 2012, lot 131; see also Sotheby's Hong Kong, 2nd June 2016, lot 8 and Christie's London, 6th November 2012, lot 145 for a jade waterpot and brushpot also marked Xing You Heng Tang; see also The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Yixing Ware, pp.94-95, no.70 for an Yixing teapot incised with this hall mark and p.171, no.139 and p.188, no.154 for a Daoguang vase and bowl also with this mark. 十九世紀 白玉雕獸耳方形鼻煙壺 《行有恆堂》楷書款 註：行有恆堂是定親王愛新覺羅·載銓（1794-1854）的私人專用堂款，載銓為乾隆帝玄孫，工詩，富收藏，著有《行有恆堂集》。目前所見的《行有恆堂》款的器物最早可至嘉慶六年（1801），晚可至咸豐四年（1854）。故宮博物館有一件紫砂壺刻有“行有恆堂主人”（故宮博物館文物珍品全集 ，《紫砂器》，頁94-95, 編號70）。另見，香港邦瀚斯2012年5月27日編號131一件白玉鼻煙壺同樣有行有恆堂款。