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A FINE SUZHOU AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE

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A FINE SUZHOU AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
18TH CENTURY

The translucent stone with natural amber and chocolate inclusions well used in the carving depicting a seated scholar reading beneath a pine, the reverse with chrysanthemum springing up from a hillside, carved with the inscription song cha du cun, well hollowed, stopper

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Cf. a Suzhou agate snuff bottle from the Collection of Gerry Mack, illustrated by Hugh Moss, Chinese Snuff Bottles of the Silica or Quartz Group, no. 171, carved with a young boy sitting in a similar posture under pines and mountains

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