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An agate snuff bottle A silhouette agate snuff bottle
1750-1860 1750-1860
Well-hollowed, the rounded square bottle supported on an oval foot The well-hollowed bottle of rounded square form with a very subtly
ring, rising to a very slightly waisted neck, flat lip, applying the natural waisted neck, gently concave lip, oval foot ring, the pale gray and
markings of dark brown and pale gray against the warm honey ground honey-toned body set off by dark brown markings ingeniously carved
depicting a bearded foreigner carrying a sack and basket walking in an to resemble a silhouette image of a figure and a hawk.
open land with masses of clouds. 2 1/4in (5.7cm) high
2 1/2in (6.4cm) high $2,500 - 4,000
$3,000 - 5,000
Provenance
Provenance Bernard Wald collection, NY, 10 June 1981
Ashkenazie & Co., San Francisco, 5 May 1989
皮影瑪瑙人物耍鷹鼻煙壺
皮影瑪瑙胡人孤行鼻煙壺
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