AN AGATE 'FLOATER' BOTTLE
1750-1850
Of small rounded square shape, the misty agate of semi-transparent tone with attractive interior cell-like pattern, stopper
26in. (5.2cm.) high
Provenance
Joseph Baruch Silver Collection
Clare Lawrence, London, 1992
Literature
Rachelle R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World, Hong Kong, 1994, pp. 366-367, no. 164
Lot Essay
For another example see Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, Tokyo, 1993, p. 189, no. 106.
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