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SUZHOU SCHOOL, 1770-1850
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A CARVED CAMEO AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
SUZHOU SCHOOL, 1770-1850
The bottle is carved in high and low relief, with one side carved with a central knotted pine tree set against a pavilion with a small goat to the right. The reverse is carved with a solitary bearded sage standing in a terraced garden with two further goats.
2 3⁄8 in. (5.9 cm.) high, agate stopper
SUZHOU SCHOOL, 1770-1850
The bottle is carved in high and low relief, with one side carved with a central knotted pine tree set against a pavilion with a small goat to the right. The reverse is carved with a solitary bearded sage standing in a terraced garden with two further goats.
2 3⁄8 in. (5.9 cm.) high, agate stopper
Provenance
Ashkenazi & Co., San Francisco, 1991.
Rachelle R. Holden Collection, New York.
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. 144-145, no. 59.
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