A pale seladon jade snuff bottle with animal-mask handles

Description:

China, 18th/19th centuries
H. 7,2 cm
Translucent pale celadon-white jade of an even, soft tone with an unctuous polish. Of elegant vase-form with facetted edges, the neck is flanked by two relief animal-mask handles (pushou). Green glass stopper.
From an old German private collection - Signs of age and wear, a fine hairline crack runs across the underside of the base; the yellow collar of the stopper chipped and old repaired