ID 718484
Lot 841 | A CARVED CAMEO AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
Estimate value
$ 6 000 – 8 000
OFFICIAL SCHOOL, 1760-1860
The bottle is carved through the dark honey skin on one side with Zhong Kui, the demon queller, fighting off five demons. The reverse is undecorated.
2 5⁄8 in. (6.6 cm.) high, carnelian agate stopper
Provenance
Gerd Lester Collection, New York, 1982.
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. 324-325, no. 144.
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
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| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
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