A Chinese mottle-green jadeite snuff bottle, Qing dynasty, 1770-1880, 6.1 cm high. Provenance: Private Collection in the States, acquired circa 1960s-1974, property from the estate of James H. Kelley, Christies New York, 15 September 2009, Lot 176, Hugh moss, West Haven Ltd, 23 Oct 2010 (receipt), Compare a jadeite bottle of similar shape in the Bloch collection, see no. 57, Chinese snuff bottles: a miniature Art from the collection of Mary and George Bloch, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 18 March to 8 June 1994, P. 111, 1770-1880