A RARE SMALL TURQUOISE MATRIX BOTTLE

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A RARE SMALL TURQUOISE MATRIX BOTTLE
18TH/19TH CENTURY

Of rounded rectangular shape, carved with low-relief lion-mask fixed-ring handles on the narrower sides, the stone of attractive tone with dark inclusions--1 13/16in. (4.6cm.) high, stopper

Lot Essay

For similar bottles see Bob C. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, Tokyo and New York, 1976, p. 165, no. 549; Robert W. L. Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Burghley House Collection, Stamford, England, London, 1989, Catalogue, no. 77; and Sotheby's, Hong Kong, Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Kaynes-Klitz Collection, Part I, 16 November 1989, lot 225