A Pale Green And Grey Jade Mughal 'Lotus Scroll' Snuff Bottle Attributed to Xifanzuo at the Tibetan Palace workshops, Qing Dynasty

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A PALE GREEN AND GREY JADE MUGHAL 'LOTUS SCROLL' SNUFF BOTTLE Attributed to Xifanzuo at the Tibetan Palace workshops, Qing Dynasty, 1760-1800 The compressed rounded body rising from a flat oval base to a cylindrical neck, finely incised in the round with lotus flowers within scrolling vines between upward leaf lappets above the base and pendant lappets around the shoulders, jadeite and coral stopper. 6.4cm (2 1/2in) high with stopper. (2). Footnotes: 西番作（傳）清 一七六零至一八零零年 灰青玉蒙兀兒蓮紋鼻烟壺 Provenance: Dolly Keystone, California Robert Kleiner, London A private collection, Edinburgh, acquired from the above 10th July 2007 Published and Illustrated: The Heriot Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Volume I, Edinburgh, 2020, p.59, fig.44 The present bottle was thought to have been made in the Xifanzuo, the Tibetan Workshop in the Imperial compound. Such pieces were referred to by the Qianlong emperor as Hindustani jades, characterised by formalised floral designs inspired by Indian lotus scrolls and acanthus leaf designs. See H.Moss et al., A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Vol.5, no.114. This set is subject to the following set symbols: Y Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.