TWO AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES, the first of rounded square shape carved in relief using the pale caramel inclusion with a monkey holding a deer by a rope, the stone of an even cloudy pale beige tone with two bright amber-coloured inclusions; the second, rounded rectangular, carved in relief using the yellowish-brown inclusion with a bird of prey on the back of a wolf-like creature, both 19th Century - stoppers (2) | Christie's

Lot 422

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TWO AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES, the first of rounded square shape carved in relief using the pale caramel inclusion with a monkey holding a deer by a rope, the stone of an even cloudy pale beige tone with two bright amber-coloured inclusions; the second, rounded rectangular, carved in relief using the yellowish-brown inclusion with a bird of prey on the back of a wolf-like creature, both 19th Century - stoppers (2)

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TWO AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES, the first of rounded square shape carved in relief using the pale caramel inclusion with a monkey holding a deer by a rope, the stone of an even cloudy pale beige tone with two bright amber-coloured inclusions; the second, rounded rectangular, carved in relief using the yellowish-brown inclusion with a bird of prey on the back of a wolf-like creature, both 19th Century - stoppers (2)

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