Lot Essay
For an agate bottle of similar type, see Helen White, Snuff Bottles from China, The Victoria and Albert Museum Collection, London, 1992, p. 72-73, pl. 29, no. 2
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1800-1900
Details
A 'Thumb-Print' Agate Bottle
1800-1900
Of rounded shape, the stone of a semi-transparent honey tone with concentric white circles on the shoulders to the narrow sides suggestive of valleys and peaks on the main faces, stopper
26in. (5.7cm.) high
1800-1900
Of rounded shape, the stone of a semi-transparent honey tone with concentric white circles on the shoulders to the narrow sides suggestive of valleys and peaks on the main faces, stopper
26in. (5.7cm.) high