Lot Essay
An Official School agate bottle carved from a similar creamy grey stone was sold at Christie's New York, 13-14 September 2012, lot 1125.
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OFFICIAL SCHOOL, 1750-1850
Details
A CARVED AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
OFFICIAL SCHOOL, 1750-1850
The bottle is skillfully carved using the dark and light inclusions, on one side with a sage greeting an attendant under a pine tree. The reverse is carved with a tethered horse looking back on vapor rising above.
2 1⁄4 in. (5.6 cm.) high, stopper
OFFICIAL SCHOOL, 1750-1850
The bottle is skillfully carved using the dark and light inclusions, on one side with a sage greeting an attendant under a pine tree. The reverse is carved with a tethered horse looking back on vapor rising above.
2 1⁄4 in. (5.6 cm.) high, stopper
Provenance
Squadron Leader S. B. Johnston Collection.
Hugh Moss, Hong Kong.
Gerd Lester Collection, New York, 1982.
Rachelle R. Holden Collection, New York.
Hugh Moss, Hong Kong.
Gerd Lester Collection, New York, 1982.
Rachelle R. Holden Collection, New York.
Literature
H. Moss, Chinese Snuff Bottles of the Silica or Quartz Group, London, 1971, p. 58, no. 149.
R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World - The Rachelle R. Holden Collection, A Personal Commentary, New York, 1994, pp. 148-149, no. 61.
R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World - The Rachelle R. Holden Collection, A Personal Commentary, New York, 1994, pp. 148-149, no. 61.
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An Official School agate bottle carved from a similar creamy grey stone was sold at Christie's New York, 13-14 September 2012, lot 1125.