A QUARTZ CONGLOMERATE 'PUDDINGSTONE' BOTTLE

1750-1850

Details

A QUARTZ CONGLOMERATE 'PUDDINGSTONE' BOTTLE
1750-1850
Of flattened, rounded form, the stone suffused with a striking pattern of large rounded pebbles of grey, ochre, red and brown color amidst numerous smaller chips and pebbles, all against a grayish-beige ground, stopper
2 5/16in. (6cm.) high

Provenance

Sotheby's, New York, Fine and Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Bob C. Stevens, Part III, 25 June 1982, lot 130.

Literature

B. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, New York, 1976, no. 611.

Lot Essay

For a series of related puddingstone bottles, see B. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, New York, 1976, nos. 609, 610 and 612-617. See, also, a similar, flattened bottle in the same material illustrated by L. S. Perry, Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Adventures and Studies of a Collector, Rutland, Vermont, 1960, p. 65, no. 48.

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