Lot Essay
For another macaroni agate bottle, see L. S. Perry, Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Adventures and Studies of a Collector, Rutland, Vermont, 1960, p. 65, no. 47.
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1750-1840
Details
A 'MACARONI' AGATE BOTTLE
1750-1840
Of compressed spherical shape, the pale honey-colored body tightly shot through with irregular white tubular striations, very well hollowed, stopper
2 7/8in. (7.3cm.) high
1750-1840
Of compressed spherical shape, the pale honey-colored body tightly shot through with irregular white tubular striations, very well hollowed, stopper
2 7/8in. (7.3cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, 21 January 1982, lot 150.