Lot Essay
This bottle very cleverly uses the dark inclusion to great effect, particularly the eyes of the lion and the back of the swooping bird
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1800-1880
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A Carved Shadow Agate Bottle
1800-1880
Of rounded square shape, the honey-grey stone with darker inclusions to one side carved in relief to represent a prancing Buddhistic lion looking over its back at a swooping bird, stopper
2.1/8in. (5.4cm.) high
1800-1880
Of rounded square shape, the honey-grey stone with darker inclusions to one side carved in relief to represent a prancing Buddhistic lion looking over its back at a swooping bird, stopper
2.1/8in. (5.4cm.) high