ID 718406
Lot 830 | A CARVED AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
Estimate value
$ 5 000 – 7 000
OFFICIAL SCHOOL, 1750-1850
The bottle is skillfully carved using the dark and light inclusions, on one side with a sage greeting an attendant under a pine tree. The reverse is carved with a tethered horse looking back on vapor rising above.
2 1⁄4 in. (5.6 cm.) high, stopper
Provenance
Squadron Leader S. B. Johnston Collection.
Hugh Moss, Hong Kong.
Gerd Lester Collection, New York, 1982.
Rachelle R. Holden Collection, New York.
Literature
H. Moss, Chinese Snuff Bottles of the Silica or Quartz Group, London, 1971, p. 58, no. 149.
R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World - The Rachelle R. Holden Collection, A Personal Commentary, New York, 1994, pp. 148-149, no. 61.
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
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| Category: | Scent bottle |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
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| Category: | Scent bottle |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
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