A CARVED AMETHYST BOTTLE
A CARVED AMETHYST BOTTLE

RUSTIC CRYSTAL MASTER SCHOOL, 1750-1850

Details
A CARVED AMETHYST BOTTLE
Rustic Crystal Master School, 1750-1850
Of flattened rectangular form, carved on one side with a vista framed by pine trees and a rocky ledge, the reverse with cloud wisps, stopper
2½in. (5.8cm.) high
Provenance
Hilda Somers Collection, acquired in 1946.

Lot Essay

For a discussion of the School of the Rustic Crystal Master, see H. Moss, V. Graham, K.B. Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and Geaorge Bloch Collection, Hong Kong, 1998, vol. 2, Quartz, nos. 254-257, and for another rare example in amethyst, H. Moss, V. Graham, K.B. Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle: The J & J Collection, New York, 1993, no. 103.

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