A ROCK CRYSTAL `PURSE`-FORM SNUFF BOTTLE

Lot 872
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$ 4 000
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Lot 872 | A ROCK CRYSTAL 'PURSE'-FORM SNUFF BOTTLE
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$ 4 000 – 6 000
A ROCK CRYSTAL 'PURSE'-FORM SNUFF BOTTLE

1770-1850

The bottle is carved on either side with a bat grasping a shou medallion in its mouth, beneath vertical markings around the neck to imitate the cinching of a cloth purse.

2 in. (5 cm.) high, coral stopper







Provenance

Bob C. Stevens Collection, no. 463.

The Bob C. Stevens Collection of Fine and Important Chinese Snuff Bottles, Part III; Sotheby’s New York, 25 June 1982, lot 92.

Rachelle R. Holden Collection, New York.





Literature

B. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, New York, 1976, no. 463.

R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World - The Rachelle R. Holden Collection, A Personal Commentary, New York, 1994, pp. 116-117, no. 45.





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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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