A WHITE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE WITH BROWN SKIN1780-1850 Of flattened, rectangular form with a cylindrical neck, and with a neatly carved slightly splayed footrim, the white nephrite very well-hollowed, carved low relief utilizing the brown skin with on one main side Shoulao standing holding a peach in one hand, his staff with a double gourd hanging from it in the other, a deer reclining at his side, with a bat flying through scrolling clouds above him, the reverse carved with a raised poetic inscription reading fu ru donghai changliushui, shou bi nanshan bulaosong (Your fortune is like the ever flowing water in the Eastern Sea; Your longevity isparable to the ever living pine in the Southern Mountain), signed Wenzhen; stopper. 2 3/8in (6cm) high 1780-1850 棕白玉巧雕壽老圖鼻煙壺一件 Provenance: Jung's Antiques, November 29, 1996 Joan and Ted Dorf Collection, no. 278 The form of this bottle and the evenness of the thick brown "skin" of the jade on one main side allows for a skillful depiction of a typical scene of Shoulao in a rocky landscape setting. Shoulao, identified by his high cranium, was the God of Longevity and is often depicted, as he is here, with a deer and carrying a peach.