ID 718462
Lot 866 | A CARVED CAMEO AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
Estimate value
$ 6 000 – 8 000
SUZHOU SCHOOL, 1770-1850
The bottle is carved in high and low relief, with one side carved with a central knotted pine tree set against a pavilion with a small goat to the right. The reverse is carved with a solitary bearded sage standing in a terraced garden with two further goats.
2 3⁄8 in. (5.9 cm.) high, agate stopper
Provenance
Ashkenazi & Co., San Francisco, 1991.
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. 144-145, no. 59.
| 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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