AN UNUSUAL LARGE ROCK CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE

THE RUSTIC CRYSTAL MASTER, 1760-1860

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AN UNUSUAL LARGE ROCK CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE
THE RUSTIC CRYSTAL MASTER, 1760-1860
The bottle is carved in high relief on one side through the mottled grey and brown skin of the stone with an eagle standing on a rock in silhouette against the wind-tossed waves and mountains carved in low relief on the clear crystal body.
3 ¼ in. (8.2 cm.) high, agate stopper

Provenance

John Ruckman.
Charles V. Swain, Pennsylvania.
Robert Hall, London, 2009.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2009.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4912.

Lot Essay

For a discussion of the School of the Rustic Crystal Master, Moss, Graham, Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, the Mary and George Bloch Collection, Volume 2, Part 1, Hong Kong, 1998, pp. 194-205, nos. 254-57.

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