Wrapped Longevity

Probably imperial, 1730 - 1840
Height 5.4cm
Mouth/lip 0.55/1.67 cm
Stopper: glass; gilt silver collar

Provenance:
Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, 16 November 1989, lot 127
Hedda and Lutz Franz Collection, Hong Kong

Translucent white nephrite of pebble material with some russet-brown skin; well hollowed, with a flat lip and recessed, flat, rectangular foot surrounded by a protruding, flat rounded-rectangular footrim; carved on each main side with a recessed panel with six shou (longevity) characters in differing forms of relief seal script, with a simulated brocade sash decorated with a tortoise-carapace diaper wrapped around the body and tied with a bow on one narrow side.

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