A FOSSILIFEROUS LIMESTONE SNUFF BOTTLE

Lot 891
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Lot 891 | A FOSSILIFEROUS LIMESTONE SNUFF BOTTLE
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$ 3 000 – 5 000
A FOSSILIFEROUS LIMESTONE SNUFF BOTTLE

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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