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1020
An embellished agate snuff bottle
The bottle: 1750-1860, the embellishment: Tsuda family, Kyoto,
Japan, 20th century
Very well-hollowed, of compressed spherical form with a cylindrical
neck, flat lip, finely finished concave foot, the attractive translucent
matrix with applied colored stone overlays and carved to depict two
boys at play to one side, the verso with a vase holding flowers, a leafy
peony sprig, and two covered vessels.
2in (5.1cm) high
$2,500 - 4,000

Provenance
Sotheby’s New York, 15 September 1998, lot 333
The Neal W. and Frances R. Hunter Collection
Gertrude Stuart, 1969

瑪瑙嵌飾童子鼻煙壺

1021 1021
A ‘puddingstone’ snuff bottle and snuff dish
1780-1860
Of compressed ovoid form with a cylindrical neck, flat lip, oval foot
ring, the predominantly grayish-green stone suffused with an intriguing
pattern of rounded and irregular pebbles of ochre, brown, and green
colorations; together with a matching shallow circular snuff dish.
2in (5.1cm) height of bottle, 1 9/16in (4cm) diameter of dish
$3,000 - 4,000

Provenance
Christie’s, London, 2 June 1994, lot 481

Exhibited
Norton Museum of Art, September-November, 1997

抱子石鼻煙壺及煙碟

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