AN UNUSUAL AGATE BOTTLE

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION

Details

AN UNUSUAL AGATE BOTTLE
19TH CENTURY

Of rounded square shape, carved from a pale brown skin on one side with two coiling chilong chasing each other's tail, and unusually carved with another coiling chilong forming a handle on one narrow side only and yet another forming the foot, the stone of soft and attractive semi-transparent tone--2¼in. (5.7cm.) high, stopper

Provenance

Rare Art, Inc., 1977

Lot Essay

For a cylindrical chalcedony agate bottle using skin of similar color to form a chilong see Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, p. 220, no. 132