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1760-1880
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TWO CARVED AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES
1760-1880
The first bottle, 1760-1860, is carved through the light amber skin on one side with a qilin below a bat, the reverse is undecorated. The second, 1760-1880, is carved through the areas of reddish-brown color to the greyish-green ground with the Eight Horses of Muwang.
2 3/8 and 2 5/8 in. (6 and 6.6 cm.) high, glass stoppers.
1760-1880
The first bottle, 1760-1860, is carved through the light amber skin on one side with a qilin below a bat, the reverse is undecorated. The second, 1760-1880, is carved through the areas of reddish-brown color to the greyish-green ground with the Eight Horses of Muwang.
2 3/8 and 2 5/8 in. (6 and 6.6 cm.) high, glass stoppers.
Provenance
First bottle: Rachelle R. Holden Collection.
Vanessa F. Holden Collection, New York, 1995.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1965.
Second bottle: Michael Hughes, New York, 2004.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3925.
Vanessa F. Holden Collection, New York, 1995.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1965.
Second bottle: Michael Hughes, New York, 2004.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3925.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.