Details
AN AMETHYST BOTTLE
19TH CENTURY
Of rounded shape, carved in high relief on one side with two writhing chilongs, and on the other with two bats and clouds in low relief, the stone of unusually vivid purple tone, stopper
19TH CENTURY
Of rounded shape, carved in high relief on one side with two writhing chilongs, and on the other with two bats and clouds in low relief, the stone of unusually vivid purple tone, stopper
Provenance
The Bob C. Stevens Collection Sold Sotheby's New York, June 25, 1982, Fine and Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Bob C. Stevens, Part III, lot 182
Literature
Bob C. Stevens, The Collector's Book Of Snuff Bottles, col. pl. 484