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1736-1795 乾隆 珍罕白玉瑞獸形鼻煙壺一件
For very similar examples of this rare type, see Robert Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles, The White Wings Collection, pp. 47-48, no. 24, where the author notes that approximately a dozen such tortoise jade bottles are recorded. See also Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, pp. 41-42, no. 5; and also, Clare Lawrence, Miniature Masterpieces from the Middle Kingdom, The Monimar Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, pp.160-161, no. 74
A red-painted number to the underside of this bottle, 86.104 (?) suggests a museum or collector's accession number.