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1800-1880
Details
TWO CARVED AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES
1800-1880
The first bottle, 1800-1880, is of grey tone and is carved through the opaque brown-mottled white markings on one side with a hawk standing on a rock as it looks at a rabbit on the shoulder. The second bottle, Official School, 1800-1870, is of semi-transparent yellowish-amber and pale grey color and is carved through an opaque area on one side with a fisherman standing in a sampan.
2 and 2 ¼ in. (5.1 and 5.7 cm.) high, glass stoppers
1800-1880
The first bottle, 1800-1880, is of grey tone and is carved through the opaque brown-mottled white markings on one side with a hawk standing on a rock as it looks at a rabbit on the shoulder. The second bottle, Official School, 1800-1870, is of semi-transparent yellowish-amber and pale grey color and is carved through an opaque area on one side with a fisherman standing in a sampan.
2 and 2 ¼ in. (5.1 and 5.7 cm.) high, glass stoppers
Provenance
First bottle: Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, 2012.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5402.
Second bottle: Robert Kleiner, London, 2012.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5382.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5402.
Second bottle: Robert Kleiner, London, 2012.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5382.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.