A SILHOUETTE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE

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$ 5 000
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24.03.2022 12:00UTC -04:00
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ID 718482
Lot 884 | A SILHOUETTE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
A SILHOUETTE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE

OFFICIAL SCHOOL, 1780-1850

The bottle is carved using the dark markings on one side with a tiger attacking a warrior with a shield, with a bird hovering above.

2 9⁄16 in. (6.5 cm.) high, glass stopper







Provenance

David Borowitz Collection.

Christie's New York, 23 February 1982, lot 298.

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. 170-171, no. 72.

JICSBS, Winter 1998, p. 6, fig. 3.
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