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18TH/19TH CENTURY
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SEVEN VARIOUS AGATE AND CHALCEDONY SNUFF BOTTLES
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Comprising a chalcedony bottle of a pale honey tone carved to one side with a phoenix perching on a wutong tree, the sun with trailing clouds on the reverse, coral stopper; a carnelian agate bottle carved to one side with quails beneath sprays of millet, an egret on the reverse beneath a large lotus leaf, matching stopper; and a further five agate snuff bottles variously decorated
The first 2¼ in. (5.7 cm.) high, stopper (7)
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Comprising a chalcedony bottle of a pale honey tone carved to one side with a phoenix perching on a wutong tree, the sun with trailing clouds on the reverse, coral stopper; a carnelian agate bottle carved to one side with quails beneath sprays of millet, an egret on the reverse beneath a large lotus leaf, matching stopper; and a further five agate snuff bottles variously decorated
The first 2¼ in. (5.7 cm.) high, stopper (7)
Exhibited
The first and the second bottles: Hidden Treasures of the Dragon, Exhibition of Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 19 December 1991 - 27 January 1992, catalogue nos. 64 - 67.
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