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1800-1900
Details
A TURQUOISE MATRIX SNUFF BOTTLE
1800-1900
The bottle is of flattened spade shape with a waisted neck and tapers to a small, flat base. The stone is of variegated green and blue-green tones with dramatic dark veining of the matrix on either side.
1 7⁄8 in. (4.7 cm.) high, glass stopper
1800-1900
The bottle is of flattened spade shape with a waisted neck and tapers to a small, flat base. The stone is of variegated green and blue-green tones with dramatic dark veining of the matrix on either side.
1 7⁄8 in. (4.7 cm.) high, glass stopper
Provenance
Bob C. Stevens Collection, no. 603.
Sotheby's New York, 26 March 1982, lot 176.
The Mei Ling Collection; Sotheby's New York, 15 March 1984, lot 150.
Rachelle R. Holden Collection, New York.
Sotheby's New York, 26 March 1982, lot 176.
The Mei Ling Collection; Sotheby's New York, 15 March 1984, lot 150.
Rachelle R. Holden Collection, New York.
Literature
B. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, New York, 1976, no. 603.
R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World - The Rachelle R. Holden Collection, A Personal Commentary, New York, 1994, p. 364, no. 161.
R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World - The Rachelle R. Holden Collection, A Personal Commentary, New York, 1994, p. 364, no. 161.
Exhibited
Tokyo, Mikimoto Hall, An Exhibition of Chinese Snuff Bottles From The Bob C. Stevens Collection, 22-31 October 1978, cat. no. 246.
Brought to you by
Margaret Gristina (葛曼琪)
Senior Specialist, VP