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8087 Property from a Canadian Couple
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8085
An agate snuff bottle
1820-1880
The compressed globular body with short neck, concave rim and wide
mouth supported by an oval banded foot, the bottle well hollowed and
carved with dark patches highlighting the body of a plump cat, its head
turned to watch a dragonfly above, the scene reversed by two birds
perched close together.
2 1/8in (5.4cm) high
$2,000 - 4,000
8086
A shadow agate snuff bottle
1820-1880
Of compressed ovoid form rising to a cylindrical neck, flat mouth and
wide circular mouth over a recessed oval foot, the shoulders carved with
lion masks suspending single rings, the well hollowed bottle suffused with
dark inclusions suggesting a solitary figure in a landscape.
2in (5.1cm) high
$4,000 - 6,000
