Lot Essay
For an example of slightly different shape, see Helen White, Snuff Bottles from China, The Victoria and Albert Museum Collection, London 1992, pp. 130-131, pl. 1
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A CREAM AND BROWN AGATE BOTTLE
19TH CENTURY
Of melon or gourd shape, finely carved in high relief through the honey-brown inclusions with a smaller gourd at the shoulder with a leafy tendril falling to one side, delicately carved in low relief with a squirrel looking over its back towards the small gourd--2¼in. (5.7cm.) high, stopper
19TH CENTURY
Of melon or gourd shape, finely carved in high relief through the honey-brown inclusions with a smaller gourd at the shoulder with a leafy tendril falling to one side, delicately carved in low relief with a squirrel looking over its back towards the small gourd--2¼in. (5.7cm.) high, stopper