Edward Luper
Specialist, Chinese Works of Art
Fine Chinese Art / An agate snuff bottle 19th century (2)
The Property of a Gentleman 士紳藏品
Lot 200
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An agate snuff bottle
19th century
12 May 2016, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £2,250 inc. premium
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Benedetta Mottino
Department Director
An agate snuff bottle
19th century
Well hollowed, of flattened, rounded rectangular form, resting on a flat, oval foot, the stone of a pale translucent grey with dark brown inclusions carved in relief as a pair of perching birds below a tree flanked by the sun, scattered clouds and hovering birds, coral stopper carved as a curling Buddhist lion. 6.1cm (2 3/8in) high (2).
Well hollowed, of flattened, rounded rectangular form, resting on a flat, oval foot, the stone of a pale translucent grey with dark brown inclusions carved in relief as a pair of perching birds below a tree flanked by the sun, scattered clouds and hovering birds, coral stopper carved as a curling Buddhist lion. 6.1cm (2 3/8in) high (2).
Footnotes
十九世紀 瑪瑙巧雕喜上眉梢鼻煙壺
Provenance: Mary Morrison Collection, Vancouver, Canada
Acquired from the Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, 28 February 2014
An English private collection
來源： 溫哥華Mary Morrison收藏
於2014年2月28日購自洛杉磯古董商Asian Art Studio
英國私人收藏