A rare Twin jade snuff bottle

Description:

China, 19th century
H. 5,3 cm
Translucent pale celadon to grayish-white nephrite jade with natural brownish veins and stone inclusions. Twin-form bottle carved with cosmological symbolism, composed of one conjoined cylindrical (round) section and one square-faceted section, representing the dual concepts of Heaven and Earth (Yin and Yang).Two matching carnelian agate stoppers.
From an old German private collection, acquired in the 1960s - Covers minor chipped, one spoon to the stopper broken