A MOSS-AGATE PEBBLE-FORM SNUFF BOTTLE
A MOSS-AGATE PEBBLE-FORM SNUFF BOTTLE

QING DYNASTY, 1740-1900

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A MOSS-AGATE PEBBLE-FORM SNUFF BOTTLE
QING DYNASTY, 1740-1900
The bottle is of irregular flattened form, both sides indented to serve as integral snuff dishes, with dynamic natural markings in the stone. Together with a moss-agate snuff dish.

Bottle: 2 in. (5 cm.) high, ruby stopper;
Dish: 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm.) diam. (2)
Provenance
Bottle: A German private collection
Sold at Bonhams London, 2 November 2009, lot 302
Robert Hall, London, December 2009
Dish: Robert Hall, London, 1998

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