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1017
A well-carved cameo agate snuff bottle
Suzhou School, 1780-1860
Of compressed, high-shouldered ovoid form with a waisted neck, flat lip and foot, the translucent
gray and russet-toned matrix skillfully carved in high relief, utilizing the dark markings, depicting
Liu Hai carrying a double-gourd and broom with a three-legged toad behind him under a bat in
flight, all within a continuous serrated rocky setting accented by pine trees.
2 1/16in (5.2cm) high
$8,000 - 12,000

Provenance
Asiantiques, 11 January 1997

瑪瑙巧雕劉海金蟾鼻煙壺

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