Lot 540
540
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION 
AN AMETHYST SNUFF BOTTLE, 19TH CENTURY, of rounded rectangular shape, carved in low relief with birds flying above leafless winter trees, pine and rockwork, the stone of attractive purple tone, some natural flaws--2 7/16in. (6.2cm.) high, stopper

Details
AN AMETHYST SNUFF BOTTLE, 19TH CENTURY, of rounded rectangular shape, carved in low relief with birds flying above leafless winter trees, pine and rockwork, the stone of attractive purple tone, some natural flaws--2 7/16in. (6.2cm.) high, stopper
Provenance
Hugh Moss, 1977
Exhibited
Hugh Moss, Chinese Snuff Bottles, London, 1976, Catalogue, no. 138

Lot Essay

For another amethyst bottle carved with a leafless winter tree in a landscape see Hugh M. Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, Hong Kong, 1993, p. 185, no. 103

For a similarly carved rock crystal bottle see Chinese Snuff Bottles and Jade Carvings from the Douglas, Guam and Other Collections, The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, 1992, Catalogue, no. 65, p. 46

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