Lot Essay
For a bottle of similar type using the slightly tinted lower portion with a yellow inclusion in the stone to form the sun, see Hugh M. Moss, Chinese Snuff Bottles of the Silica or Quartz Group, fig.42
THE PROPERTY OF ANOTHER LADY
A CARVED CLEAR ROCK CRYSTAL BOTTLE
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A CARVED CLEAR ROCK CRYSTAL BOTTLE
FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
Of rounded rectangular shape, carved in high relief to one side with a monkey seated on a promontory looking down at crashing waves below, cleverly incorporating a russet inclusion carved as a pearl, the reverse incised in low relief with pine and rockwork, stopper
FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
Of rounded rectangular shape, carved in high relief to one side with a monkey seated on a promontory looking down at crashing waves below, cleverly incorporating a russet inclusion carved as a pearl, the reverse incised in low relief with pine and rockwork, stopper