A QUARTZ CONGLOMERATE 'PUDDINGSTONE' BOTTLE
A QUARTZ CONGLOMERATE 'PUDDINGSTONE' BOTTLE

1750-1850

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A QUARTZ CONGLOMERATE 'PUDDINGSTONE' BOTTLE
1750-1850
Of ovoid form, the stone suffused with a striking pattern of large rounded 'pebbles' of gray, ochre, red and brown color amidst numerous smaller chips and 'pebbles', all against a greyish-beige ground, stopper
2¼in. (5.6cm.) high

Lot Essay

For a series of related puddingstone bottles, see B. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, New York, 1976, nos. 609, 610 and 612-617. See, also, two related bottles from the Bloch Collection, one with Imperial attribution, illustrated by H. Moss, V. Graham and K. B. Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol. 2, Part 1, Quartz, 1998, pp. 86-89, nos. 212-213.

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