ID 718391
Lot 827 | A CARVED CAMEO AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
Estimate value
$ 12 000 – 18 000
SUZHOU SCHOOL, 1750-1820
The bottle is carved through the white skin on one side with a monkey shown crouching in a cave. The reverse is carved with shallow rocks and has a calligraphic insciption carved in a darker inclusion reading cai zhi xian cao ying chang chun (everlasting spring is reflected in the celestial herb of immortality).
1 3⁄4 in. (4.4 cm.) high, jade stopper
Provenance
Janos Szekeres Collection, Connecticut.
Sotheby's New York, 27 October 1986, lot 174.
Christie's New York, 27 November 1991, lot 123.
Rachelle R. Holden Collection, New York.
Literature
JICSBS, June 1975, cover.
R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World - The Rachelle R. Holden Collection, A Personal Commentary, New York, 1994, pp. 160-161, no. 67.
Exhibited
The New Orleans Museum of Art, October 1980.
| 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 |
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