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7145 Property from the Barbara and Marvin Dicker
Collection of Snuff Bottles
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7143
A double-vase agate snuff bottle
1750-1820
Of cylindrical double-vase form with waisted necks, flat lip, circular
foot ring, slightly concave base, translucent pale honey-toned matrix.
1 7/8in (4.8cm) high
$2,000 - 3,000

Provenance
Christie’s, New York, 21 March 2002, lot 127
the Blanche B. Exstein Collection
Hilda Somers, prior to 1952

7144
A shadow agate snuff bottle
1750-1860
Well-hollowed, of rounded square form with a cylindrical neck, subtly
recessed lip, oval foot ring, the gray and honey-toned stone with
concentrated dark inclusions to the center of one side, cleverly carved
as a well-detailed perching hawk.
2 3/8in (6cm) high
$2,000 - 3,000

Provenance
Robert Hall, acquired 23 March 2001, New York Asian Show
The McDowell Collection