A PALE BROWN AGATE BOTTLE

Details
A PALE BROWN AGATE BOTTLE
18TH/19TH CENTURY

Of rounded rectangular shape and cut with flutes at the neck and shoulder imitating a cloth bag, the stone with attractive interior polish, star crack on one side, stopper
Provenance
Albert Pyke Collection, Los Angeles

Lot Essay

For another similar bottle with two white bands across the body, similarly carved to imitate a cloth bag or purse, see Sotheby's Honolulu, Fine and Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Bob C. Stevens, Part I, November 7, 1981, lot 81, also illustrated by Bob C. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, fig. 533