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OFFICIAL SCHOOL, 1800-1850
Details
A CARVED AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
OFFICIAL SCHOOL, 1800-1850
The darker inclusions in the stone are carved on one side with a Buddhist lion and a bird, and on the reverse with a monkey holding a peach.
2 1/8 in. (5.3 cm.) high, glass stopper
OFFICIAL SCHOOL, 1800-1850
The darker inclusions in the stone are carved on one side with a Buddhist lion and a bird, and on the reverse with a monkey holding a peach.
2 1/8 in. (5.3 cm.) high, glass stopper
Provenance
Neal W. and Frances R. Hunter Collection; Sotheby's New York, 15 September 1998, lot 245.
Peter and Marion Bozzo Collection.
Robert Hall, London, 2012.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5344.
Peter and Marion Bozzo Collection.
Robert Hall, London, 2012.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5344.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.