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A CARVED SILHOUETTE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
OFFICIAL SCHOOL, 1780-1850
The bottle is carved through the dark brown markings on one side with a bird perched on
rocks between two trees, with another small bird standing to the side. The stone is of grey
tone with a somewhat circular russet formation on the reverse.
2¬ in. (6.6 cm.) high, glass stopper
$8,000-12,000
PROVENANCE
The Button Collection.
Robert Hall, London, 2008.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4775.
EXHIBITED
Boston, International Chinese Snuf Bottle Society Convention, The Barron Collection,
23-26 September 2008.
LITERATURE
Robert Hall, The Button Collection, Chinese Snuf Bottles X, London, 2003, no. 97.
1780-1850年 皮影瑪瑙英雄獨立圖鼻煙壺
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