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Property from Various Owners 7210
An aquamarine snuff bottle
7208 19th century
A carved tourmaline snuff bottle Carved in the form of a bat with incised detail to its body, the
19th century underside carved as a cloud scroll; the pale bluish-green stone with
Designed in the shape of a double-gourd, with recessed lip and foot, patches of white and faint russet inclusions.
carved in high relief with additional double-gourds borne on leafy 1 3/4in (4.5cm) high
branches issuing scrolling tendrils; the pink stone cast with icy-white, $1,500 - 2,500
green, and faint golden inclusions.
2 1/4in (5.6cm) high Provenance
$2,500 - 3,500 Agatha and Irving Aronson Collection

Provenance 7211
private Los Angeles Collection A root amber snuff bottle
1850-1920
7209 Of ovoid form with a straight neck, flat lip, short oval foot ring,
A carved turquoise snuff bottle carved to one side with a meiren and an egret, the reverse
1800-1880 depicting a bearded sage and deer, both framed by snarled trees
Of natural pebble form, vividly carved in high relief around walls with and dramatic rock formations; the matrix of mottled honey, yellow-
two squirrels amongst scrolling leafy branches bearing ripe melons, ocher, and brown coloration.
the green stone with russet and grayish-black marks. 2 1/2in (6.4cm) high
2in (5.1cm) high $4,000 - 6,000
$2,000 - 3,000

Provenance
Hugh Moss Ltd.

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