A SCALLOPED FORM WHITE NEPHRITE 'DOUBLE-HAPPINESS' SNUFF BOTTLE 1750-1850PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF TED AND JOAN DORFA SCALLOPED FORM WHITE NEPHRITE 'DOUBLE-HAPPINESS' SNUFF BOTTLE1750-1850Well-hollowed, the carefully crafted bottle standing on a raised and recessed foot framed by a slightly spreading oval footrim, with a short, cylindrical neck and flat lip, the main sides carved with two opposing scrolling vignettes of the double-happiness character. 2 1/4in 1750-1850 白玉開光刻雙喜鼻煙壺一件Provenance:Joan and Ted Dorf Collection, no. 361At some point during the Qianlong period a trend developed for minimally decorated jade bottles where the purity of the white stone is allowed to shine through. From 1760 when the country's boundaries were extended to include the jade producing regions of Khotan in Xinjiang province, the highest quality stone was available and was provided to the emperors as tributes on an annual basis.