ID 718482
Lot 884 | A SILHOUETTE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
Estimate value
$ 5 000 – 7 000
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.
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
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| Category: | Scent bottle |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
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| Category: | Scent bottle |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
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