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AN AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE A SHADOW AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
1740-1860 1750-1850
Of upright form with a flat wide lip and an oval foot rim around a Of upright rectangular form with a flat lip, and an oval foot rim
slightly recessed, flat foot, fixed ring mask handles to the side, with surrounding a shallowly recessed foot, the darker inclusions
a striking vertical white stripe with fine banding, the interior very well suggesting a figure on a water buffalo reaching for a hat caught by the
hollowed. breeze, with two bats.
2 3/8in (6.1cm) high 2 1/2in (6.2cm) high
US$5,000 - 7,000 US$10,000 - 15,000
1740-1860 鋪首雙耳瑪瑙鼻煙壺 Provenance
Robert Kleiner, 30 March 2000
Gerry P. Mack
Published
Elsa Glickman Chinese Snuff Bottle Mania, Stories of Collectors,
Trade, Intrigues and Gotham’s Auctions, New York, 2006, figure P
Robert Kleiner Precious Playthings: Important Chinese Snuff Bottles
from the Mack Collection, London, 2000, no 59, p. 88-89, also
illustrated on the cover.
1750-1850 影子瑪瑙牧童放牛鼻煙壺
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