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A small banded agate snuff bottle An agate snuff bottle
1750-1860 1750-1860
Of silk purse shape set with a cylindrical neck, flat lip and foot, the Very well-hollowed, of tapering rectangular form with a very subtly
mostly translucent gray-toned matrix displaying intriguing natural concave lip and foot, the translucent gray stone cast with natural rich
bands of white, gray, and beige above a stratum of dark caramel russet markings, forming an abstract scene on one side depicting a
coloration, very well hollowed. fisherman in his boat, the reverse with fish swimming beside a rock.
1 7/8in (4.8cm) high 2 1/4in (5.7cm) high
$1,500 - 2,500 $3,000 - 5,000
Provenance Provenance
T.Z. Shiota, San Francisco, 20 January 1990 Raymond Li, Hong Kong, 12 November 1988
玉帶瑪瑙鼻煙壺 瑪瑙天然紋鼻煙壺
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