FROM THE COLLECTION OF MARY AND GEORGE BLOCH
A LAPIS LAZULI BOTTLE

Details
A LAPIS LAZULI BOTTLE
1800-1850

Of spade shape, the deep blue stone with white and brown inclusions, stopper

Provenance
Belfort Collection

Lot Essay

For other examples see Hugh M. Moss, Chinese Snuff Bottles, No.2, p.17, col.pl. B; and Bob C. Stevens, The Collectors' Book of Snuff Bottles, 1976, pl. 631