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1780-1880
Details
A CARVED JASPER SNUFF BOTTLE
1780-1880
The bottle is carved on one side through an opaque white layer with a seated boy holding a box backed by layers of white and yellow color, above him are three bats carved on a cloud-like white ground. The reverse has a russet and orange moss-like pattern.
2 ½ in. (6.3 cm.) high, glass stopper
1780-1880
The bottle is carved on one side through an opaque white layer with a seated boy holding a box backed by layers of white and yellow color, above him are three bats carved on a cloud-like white ground. The reverse has a russet and orange moss-like pattern.
2 ½ in. (6.3 cm.) high, glass stopper
Provenance
Robert Hall, London.
Irving Lindzon Collection.
Clatworthy Collection.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 1999.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2841.
Irving Lindzon Collection.
Clatworthy Collection.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 1999.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2841.
Exhibited
Boston, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, The Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
Brought to you by
Andrew Lick