AN EXTREMELY RARE FOSSILIZED CLAM BOTTLE

1780-1860

細節

AN EXTREMELY RARE FOSSILIZED CLAM BOTTLE
1780-1860
Of natural shape, with gray patches to both shoulders above a honey-toned body, all below a short cylindrical neck, stopper
1.11/16in. (4.2cm.) high

來源

Robert Hall, London, 1993

出版

Rachelle R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World, Hong Kong, 1994, pp. 196-197, no. 85

拍品專文

For one other similar bottle see Chinese Snuff Bottles & Dishes from the Bob C. Stevens Collection, Mikimoto, Tokyo, Catalogue, 1978, no. 268 and sold at Sotheby's, New York, 25 June 1982, lot 143. It was subsequently sold at Sotheby's, Hong Kong, The Eric Young Collection, Part IV, 28 October 1993, lot 1103.
For another example of the rare type, see Bob C. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, Tokyo, 1976, pp. 174-175, no. 679, and sold at Sotheby's, Honolulu, 7 November 1981, lot 140.