Sale 19829
Hong Kong
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8 October 2020
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HKD 75,000
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A CARVED SHADOW AGATE ‘FIGURES’ SNUFF BOTTLE OFFICIAL SCHOOL, QING DYNASTY, 1780-1900 The bottle is carved in low relief utilising the natural markings in the stone as a silhouette design of a scholar and his attendant in a boat sailing through turbulent waves above lotus blossoms. Together with an agate snuff dish. Bottle: 2 ¾ in. (7.1 cm.) high, amethyst stopper; Dish: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) diam. (2)
Provenance
Bottle: Robert Kleiner, April 2009 Dish: Acquired in Los Angeles, October 1997
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