ID 718469
Lot 909 | A CARVED ROOT AMBER SNUFF BOTTLE
Estimate value
$ 4 000 – 6 000
1770-1850
The bottle is of irregular form and is carved through the opaque yellow-ochre markings to the honey-tone ground with a pair of magpies perched on blossoming prunus branches bearing delicate buds.
2 3⁄8 in. (6 cm.) high, coral stopper
Provenance
Sigurd Larsen.
Bob C. Stevens Collection, no. 703.
The Bob C. Stevens Collection of Fine and Important Chinese Snuff Bottles, Part II; Sotheby’s New York, 26 March 1982, lot 193.
Rachelle R. Holden Collection, New York.
Literature
B. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, New York, 1976, no. 703.
R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World - The Rachelle R. Holden Collection, A Personal Commentary, New York, 1994, pp. 92-93, no. 33.
Special notice
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.
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