CHINE, ECOLE OFFICIELLE, XIXEME SIECLE

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TABATIERE EN AGATE SCULPTEE
CHINE, ECOLE OFFICIELLE, XIXEME SIECLE
De forme ovale, l'une des faces à décor finement sculpté dans une veine blanche de la pierre, d'un singe tenant la bride d'un cheval, le revers agrémenté d'une petite abeille incisée, le bouchon en verre
Hauteur avec le bouchon: 6,5 cm. (2½ in.)

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Further details

A CARVED AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
CHINA, OFFICIAL SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY

Lot Essay

The subject of a horse (ma), monkey (hou) and bee (feng) provides the rebus mashang fenghou, 'May you be immediately elevated to the rank of marquis.'
Compare with another agate snuff bottle with the same decoration, from the Blanche B. Exstein collection and sold in our New York Rooms, 21 March 2002, lot 178.

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