Bonhams 1793 : A carved chalcedony 'animal and figures' snuff bottle Official School, 1750-1830

Official School, 1750-1830
Of flattened globular form, the semi-translucent stone carved on one side with a partially cameo design of two figures, one riding on a buffalo and the other training a horse, the opposite side with a scholar reading under a pavilion amongst rockworks, sold with original auction catalogue.
6.7cm high.

Sold for HK$ 22,500 inc. premium

Footnotes

1750-1830 瑪瑙雕人與動物圖鼻煙壺
頒賜品

Provenance 來源:
Christie's London, 15 July 1981, lot 340
Collection of Jacqueline Sheldon

A chalcedony snuff bottle with similar high quality carving with two horses, formerly in the Martin Schoen and later the Mary and George Bloch collection, is illustrated by Moss, Graham and Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Volume 2, Hong Kong, 1998, pg. 372, no.318, and was sold in these rooms, 28 May 2010, lot 20.

Lot heading

Snuff bottles from the collection of Jacqueline Sheldon (neé Anisfeld), purchased at London auctions in the 1970s under the guidance of Hans Goldsteinher (lots 201-212)

Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art

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