AN IMPERIAL WHITE NEPHRITE SNUFF BOTTLE Imperial, attributed to the Palace Workshops, Beijing, 1730-1795PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF KIM GREENAN IMPERIAL WHITE NEPHRITE SNUFF BOTTLEImperial, attributed to the Palace Workshops, Beijing, 1730-1795Very well-hollowed, of small, bulbous form with shoulders sloping to a waisted neck with straightened lip and standing on a carved oval footrim, the bottle with a highly polished, flawless matrix of even bright-white tone.1 3/8in (3.5cm) high1730-1795 素面白玉鼻煙壺一件御製 或爲北京宮廷作坊製Provenance:The Joseph Baruch Silver Collection Clare Lawrence Ltd., April 1994 Kim Green collection no. 30This is an extraordinary white jade bottle which exhibits all of the hallmarks of imperial manufacture. Its small size, even white stone and the feature of the 'straightened' lip indicates that a highly accomplished carved produced this miniature work of art.