1740-1860

Details

A BANDED AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
1740-1860
The bottle is of flattened, rounded form and is carved from stone of honey-brown tone with a creamy white horizontal band encircling the mid-section between irregular white and dark brown horizontal streaks.
2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) high, jadeite stopper

Provenance

Ko Family Collection.
Mei Ling Collection; Sotheby's New York, 15 March 1984, lot 256.

Literature

Journal of the International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society, Baltimore, Winter 1997, front cover.

Special notice

Items which contain rubies or jadeite originating in Burma (Myanmar) may not be imported into the U.S. As a convenience to our bidders, we have marked these lots with Y. Please be advised that a purchaser¹s inability to import any such item into the U.S. or any other country shall not constitute grounds for non-payment or cancellation of the sale. With respect to items that contain any other types of gemstones originating in Burma (e.g., sapphires), such items may be imported into the U.S., provided that the gemstones have been mounted or incorporated into jewellery outside of Burma and provided that the setting is not of a temporary nature (e.g., a string).

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Lot Essay

Banded agate bottles were symbolic of a successful military career, the band or 'jade belt' around the middle evoking the jade belts worn by officials. This is an unusual example of the type, with the white central band barely translucent and unusually dense and thick.

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