ID 718430
Lot 891 | A FOSSILIFEROUS LIMESTONE SNUFF BOTTLE
Estimate value
$ 3 000 – 5 000
1800-1850
The bottle is of flattened, rounded shape with pale-grey markings embedded in a dark-grey matrix.
1 5⁄8 in. (4.2 cm.) high, quartz stopper
Provenance
Bob C. Stevens Collection, no. 677.
The Bob C. Stevens Collection of Fine and Important Chinese Snuff Bottles, Part II; Sotheby’s New York, 26 March 1982, lot 134.
Rachelle R. Holden Collection, New York.
Literature
B. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, New York, 1976, no. 677.
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