A CARVED ROCK CRYSTAL 'COIN' BOTTLE

1790-1840

Details

A CARVED ROCK CRYSTAL 'COIN' BOTTLE
1790-1840
Of flattened, rounded form with convex fluting on the sides, carved with the verso and recto of a 1797 Spanish eight-reales coin, stopper
2in. (5cm.) high

Provenance

Hilda Somers Collection, acquired in 1946.

Lot Essay

For a discussion of coin bottles, see H. Moss, Chinese Snuff Bottles of the Silica or Quartz Group, London, 1971, pp. 75-78; H. Moss, V. Graham, K.B. Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle: The J & J Collection, New York, 1993, no. 385; and H. Moss, V. Graham, K.B. Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Hong Kong, 1998, vol. 2, Quartz, nos. 238 and 336.

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