A VERY FINE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE

1730-1840

Details

A VERY FINE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
1730-1840
Of rounded-rectangular shape with cylindrical neck and recessed oval foot, the extremely well-hollowed bottle with concentric bands of white and honey-colored striations centering either face against the pale misty grey body, stopper
2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) high

Provenance

The Hon. Irene Austin (the Fernhill Park Collection - formed between 1944 and 1977)
The Chinese Porcelain Company
Hugh M. Moss Ltd.

Literature

Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Fernhill Park Collection, p. 28, no. 116
Moss et. al., The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J&J Collection, vol. 1, no. 109

Exhibited

The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York and Boston, October 1991
Christie's New York, 1993
Empress Place Museum, Singapore, 1994
Museum fur Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt, 1996-1997
Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, London, 1997
Naples Museum of Art, Florida, 2002
Portland Museum of Art, Oregon, 2002
National Museum of History, Taipei, 2002
International Asian Art Fair, Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, 2003
Poly Art Museum, Beijing, 2003

Lot Essay

Formerly one of the highlights from the Fernhill Park Collection, this finely made and skillfully finished bottle incorporates concentric bands of striations superbly centered on each side, as well as dynamic waves rippling outwards, to provide a design resembling a spider's web, the main threads radiating from the axes stretched taught, the secondary threads arcing with less tension as they would in a natural web.

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