Lot Essay
A bottle carved from a similar stone is illustrated by M. Hughes in The Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Chinese Snuff Bottles, Hong Kong, 2009, p. 108, no. 312.
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1760-1880
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A FOSSILIFEROUS LIMESTONE SNUFF BOTTLE
1760-1880
The smoothly polished, mottled reddish-brown stone is suffused with small, whitish inclusions.
2 ½ in. (6.3 cm.) high, jadeite stopper
1760-1880
The smoothly polished, mottled reddish-brown stone is suffused with small, whitish inclusions.
2 ½ in. (6.3 cm.) high, jadeite stopper
Provenance
Robert Hall, London, 2011.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5276.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5276.
Literature
R. Hall, Serendipity, Chinese Snuff Bottles XVI, London, 2011, no. 107.
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