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24 Nov 2012 10:00 CST Hong Kong
The Paul Braga Collection of Snuff Bottles
Back to auction 20524

Three agate snuff bottles

Qing dynasty
Each well-hollowed, one of heart-shaped form resting on a short hollowed foot, the stone of translucent brownish hue with stylistic deep purplish splashes; the larger one with macaroni and moss agate pattern all around; the other one with dark brown circular inclusions and the opposite side resembling bats in a cave.
Largest: 5.7cm high. (3).

Sold for HK$ 31,250 inc. premium

Footnotes

Illustrated (right):
Paul Braga, Hong Kong Chinese Snuff Bottle Collectors, Arts of Asia, November-December 1976, Vol.6, No.6, p.84

清瑪瑙天然紋飾鼻煙壺三件

出版 (右)：
Paul Braga，《Hong Kong Chinese Snuff Bottle Collectors》，Arts of Asia，1976年11-12月，卷6，第六期，頁84

一壺扁瓶身，豐肩，頸微斂，淺圈足。壺身透明瑪瑙上天然形成紫色塊狀苔蘚紋；一壺扁瓶形，直口，橢圓形圈足。壺身不透明瑪瑙上成天然白色菌絲紋；另一壺扁圓形身，直口，圈足外撇。通身以透明瑪瑙作胎，壺身一面有天然苔蘚紋，另一面則形成圓形及塊狀蘑菇紋，又似蝙蝠在穿越於洞穴之中。三件煙壺形制及花紋各不相同，瑪瑙上多變紋飾可謂大自然之奇功。