A SMOKY QUARTZ BOTTLE

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A SMOKY QUARTZ BOTTLE
19TH CENTURY

Of slender, rounded rectangular shape, carved through the paler skin with three bats above an inscribed cash symbol on one side, two bats below the two-character inscription, Quan Fu (good fortune), on the other, one shoulder with a further cash symbol, the quartz of dark, almost black tone, stopper

Lot Essay

For a discussion of the use of bats, a symbol of happiness, on snuff bottles see Hugh Moss, Victor Graham, Ka Bo Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, p. 102