A CARVED CAMEO AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE

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Los 818 | A CARVED CAMEO AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
A CARVED CAMEO AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE

OFFICIAL SCHOOL, 1800-1900

The bottle is carved on one side with a monkey riding a galloping horse, both with finely incised details, with a bee hovering to the left. An inscription reading ma shang feng hou (the monkey on horseback) is inscribed on the reverse within an amber-brown inclusion.

2 1⁄4 in. high (5.7 cm.), coral stopper







Provenance

Alice B. McReynolds Collection.

Sotheby's New York, 16 April 1985, lot 92.

Rachelle R. Holden Collection, New York.





Literature

R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World - The Rachelle R. Holden Collection, A Personal Commentary, New York, 1994, pp. 162-163, no. 68.





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Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.
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