A JASPER BOTTLE
1800-1850
Of small flattened rounded shape, the stone of primarily dark green tone with rust red swirls to each side, stopper
2in. (5cm.) high
Provenance
Bob C. Stevens Collection
Sotheby's, New York, 26 March 1982, lot 124
Literature
Bob C. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, Tokyo, 1976, p. 139, no. 507
Lot Essay
For a smaller example, see Robert Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles in the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, Hong Kong, 1995, p. 431, no. 283.
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