ID 718466
Lot 860 | A CARVED CAMEO AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
Estimate value
$ 5 000 – 7 000
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.
| 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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