Two agate snuff bottles
Late 19th century
The first a banded agate snuff bottle with horizontal white stripes running through the gray ground of the flattened ovoid body, a flat rim to the cylindrical neck and an oval foot ring; the second of mottled reddish brown and gray with olive green veins, a flattened ovoid body, a slightly concave rim to the cylindrical neck and a flat oval base (wear).
1 3/4 and 2 1/8in (4.5 and 5.6cm) high
The first a banded agate snuff bottle with horizontal white stripes running through the gray ground of the flattened ovoid body, a flat rim to the cylindrical neck and an oval foot ring; the second of mottled reddish brown and gray with olive green veins, a flattened ovoid body, a slightly concave rim to the cylindrical neck and a flat oval base (wear).
1 3/4 and 2 1/8in (4.5 and 5.6cm) high
Sold for
US$ 1,250
inc. premium
Lot heading
Property from the Norman Stiller Collection, San Francisco, California.
Category: Asian Art
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