Lot Essay
For other fossiliferous limestone bottles, see The Joe Grimberg Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Sotheby’s New York, 14 September 2010, lots 58 & 59.
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1800-1850
Details
A FOSSILIFEROUS LIMESTONE SNUFF BOTTLE
1800-1850
The bottle is of flattened, rounded shape with pale-grey markings embedded in a dark-grey matrix.
1 5⁄8 in. (4.2 cm.) high, quartz stopper
1800-1850
The bottle is of flattened, rounded shape with pale-grey markings embedded in a dark-grey matrix.
1 5⁄8 in. (4.2 cm.) high, quartz stopper
Provenance
Bob C. Stevens Collection, no. 677.
The Bob C. Stevens Collection of Fine and Important Chinese Snuff Bottles, Part II; Sotheby’s New York, 26 March 1982, lot 134.
Rachelle R. Holden Collection, New York.
The Bob C. Stevens Collection of Fine and Important Chinese Snuff Bottles, Part II; Sotheby’s New York, 26 March 1982, lot 134.
Rachelle R. Holden Collection, New York.
Literature
B. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, New York, 1976, no. 677.
Brought to you by
Margaret Gristina (葛曼琪)
Senior Specialist, VP
For other fossiliferous limestone bottles, see The Joe Grimberg Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Sotheby’s New York, 14 September 2010, lots 58 & 59.