A moss agate snuff bottle with mask handles 1730-1840
Property of Dr. Martin Roshco
A moss agate snuff bottle with mask handles
1730-1840
Of compressed globular form with a well-hollowed interior, a flat lip and an oval foot rim surrounding the shallow convex foot, the sides carved in raised relief with mask handles, the body of the bottle suffused with blue/gray dendritic threads.
2 1/8in (5.4cm) high
Sold for US$ 2,375 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • 蘚紋瑪瑙饕餮鼻煙壺

    Provenance:
    Eldreds, August 23, 1989 lot SB175


    Illustrated:
    ICSBS Journal, Summer, 1989, inside rear cover.

Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art


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