A CARVED CAMEO AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE

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$ 5 000
Auction dateClassic
24.03.2022 12:00UTC -04:00
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USA, New York
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ID 718466
Lot 860 | A CARVED CAMEO AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
A CARVED CAMEO AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE

POSSIBLY THE STEVENS DEER MASTER, OFFICIAL SCHOOL, 1750-1850

The bottle is carved on one side using the whitish and beige inclusions with a flowering prunus tree and a lotus plant flanking a duck swimming in waves towards the base. The reverse is carved above the base with a cat crouching on a rock as it stalks a butterfly that appears on the shoulder above.

2 in. (5.1 cm.) high, jadeite stopper







Provenance

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. 94-95, no. 34.
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