Details
A CARVED CAMEO AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
OFFICIAL SCHOOL, 1770-1850
The bottle is carved in low relief on either side with fish swimming amongst seaweed and mollusks. The narrow sides are carved with mask and fixed-ring handles.
2 5⁄8 in. (6.6 cm.) high, jadeite stopper
Provenance
The J&J Collection.
Sotheby's New York, 21 January 1982, lot 153.
Rachelle R. Holden Collection, New York.
Literature
R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World - The Rachelle R. Holden Collection, A Personal Commentary, New York, 1994, pp. 190-191, no. 82.

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