A CHINESE CARVED CARAMEL AND GREY AND HONEY-COLOUR CAMEO AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
A CHINESE CARVED CARAMEL AND GREY AND HONEY-COLOUR CAMEO AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE

19TH CENTURY

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A CHINESE CARVED CARAMEL AND GREY AND HONEY-COLOUR CAMEO AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
19TH CENTURY
Of flattened, rounded square shape, raised on an oblong foot ring, one side carved trough an opaque caramel-coloured area of the stone to the soft grey and honey-coloured body with a bat hovering above a qilin, the reverse incised with a butterfly
2¾ in. (7 cm.) high, stopper
Provenance
Lizzadro Collection, Chicago, Illinois, acquired prior to 1960.

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