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Lot Essay
No other shadow agate bottle appears to be published where natural inclusions form a 'calligraphic signature'.
Natural inclusions, either edited or not, suggestive of birds are fairly well recorded, though generally an agate of more yellowish tone rather than the almost 'silk canvas' grey-white stone of our example. For other examples depicting birds, see lots 69, 71 and 73 in this collection; and also Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, Hong Kong, 1993, vol. I, p. 214, no. 127; and pp. 224-225, nos. 136 and 137
Natural inclusions, either edited or not, suggestive of birds are fairly well recorded, though generally an agate of more yellowish tone rather than the almost 'silk canvas' grey-white stone of our example. For other examples depicting birds, see lots 69, 71 and 73 in this collection; and also Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, Hong Kong, 1993, vol. I, p. 214, no. 127; and pp. 224-225, nos. 136 and 137