A Shadow Agate Bottle

1850-1920

Details

A Shadow Agate Bottle
1850-1920
Of tapering rectangular shape, the semi-translucent greyish stone with attractive moss-like inclusions to one side, suggestive of fern, stopper
2.1/8in. (5.4cm.) high

Lot Essay

For a bottle with similar markings, see Sotheby's, New York, 3 October 1980, lot 195. Compare, also, with another exhibited at the Hong Kong Museum of Art, Snuff Bottles of the Ch'ing Dynasty, 1978, no. 198

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