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1770-1880
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A CARVED AMBER SNUFF BOTTLE
1770-1880
The bottle is of deep honey-orange tone and is carved on one main side with a long-tailed bird on flowering branches, and with a crane below pine trees on the reverse. Each narrow side is carved with a mask and ring handle.
2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm.) high, agate stopper
1770-1880
The bottle is of deep honey-orange tone and is carved on one main side with a long-tailed bird on flowering branches, and with a crane below pine trees on the reverse. Each narrow side is carved with a mask and ring handle.
2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm.) high, agate stopper
Provenance
Vanessa F. Holden Collection, New York, 1999.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2821.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2821.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
Brought to you by
Margaret Gristina (葛曼琪)
Senior Specialist, VP