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1750-1880
Details
TWO CARVED HARDSTONE SNUFF BOTTLES
1750-1880
The first, 1750-1860, is a translucent crystal bottle of pale smokey-grey tone, carved on one side with four ducks amidst millet below the sun through an opaque white skin, the reverse uncarved. The second, an amethyst bottle, 1780-1880, is carved on one side with three dragons, the reverse with a fish leaping towards a gate in the clouds above an emerging dragon, the semi-translucent stone is of dark purple color with clear bands.
2 ¼ and 2 3/8 in. (5.7 and 6 cm.) high, glass and quartz stoppers
1750-1880
The first, 1750-1860, is a translucent crystal bottle of pale smokey-grey tone, carved on one side with four ducks amidst millet below the sun through an opaque white skin, the reverse uncarved. The second, an amethyst bottle, 1780-1880, is carved on one side with three dragons, the reverse with a fish leaping towards a gate in the clouds above an emerging dragon, the semi-translucent stone is of dark purple color with clear bands.
2 ¼ and 2 3/8 in. (5.7 and 6 cm.) high, glass and quartz stoppers
Provenance
First bottle: Margaret Prescott Wise Collection.
Edgar and Roberta Wise Collection.
Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, 2008.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4792.
Second bottle: Robert Hall, London, 2008.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5043.
Edgar and Roberta Wise Collection.
Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, 2008.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4792.
Second bottle: Robert Hall, London, 2008.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5043.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.