Lot 1127
1127
A VERY RARE MOTTLED PALE GREYISH-BLUE AND WHITE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
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A VERY RARE MOTTLED PALE GREYISH-BLUE AND WHITE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE

PROBABLY IMPERIAL, PROBABLY PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1780-1830

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A VERY RARE MOTTLED PALE GREYISH-BLUE AND WHITE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
PROBABLY IMPERIAL, PROBABLY PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1780-1830
The well-hollowed bottle is of tapering cylindrical form with a rounded, flat-topped mouth rim and recessed, flat circular base surrounded by a narrow foot rim. The honey-grey stone is suffused with irregular white and pale greyish-blue markings.
2 in. (5 cm.) high, metal stopper
Provenance
Private collection, United States, acquired before 1970.

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Lot Essay

For three agate bottles of this distinctive form, and attributed to the Palace Workshops, Beijing, see H. Moss, V. Graham and K.B. Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol. 2, Part 2, Quartz, Hong Kong, 1998, nos. 348, 358 and 359.

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