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A carved agate snuff bottle A shadow agate snuff bottle
Suzhou School style, 1800-1920 1750-1860
The well-hollowed bottle of ovoid form, with a slightly waisted neck, Well-hollowed, of rounded square form with a cylindrical neck, gently
flat lip, oval foot ring, cleverly coordinating the russet and black recessed lip, fine oval foot ring, the dark brown inclusions in the
inclusions into the carved design of a spirited lion and its cub playing translucent gray stone cleverly worked, depicting the silhouette image
with a brocade ball amid rocks and reversed by a graceful woman of a boy holding a large lotus branch within a thumb-sized indentation
between pine trees. to one side, the natural inclusions on the reverse and one of the
2 1/16in (5.3cm) high narrow sides worked to resemble a piece of floating lotus leaf and fish.
$2,000 - 3,000 2 3/8in (6cm) high
$1,800 - 2,500
Provenance
The DuBoff Collection, acquired from Marcelle DuBoff, Florida, 25 Provenance
July 1995 Robert Hall, ICSBS New York Convention, acquired October 1993

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A carved agate snuff bottle
1750-1860
Well-hollowed, of rounded square form with a cylindrical neck,
concave lip, well-finished oval foot ring, one side utilizing the white
stratum of the stone, carved in relief with a playful Pekinese lion dog
jumping towards a swooping bird; the stone of predominately gray
color exhibiting russet and creamy-white inclusions.
2 1/2in (6.4cm) high
$2,000 - 3,000

Provenance
Robert Hall, acquired 27 March 1998, New York Asian Fair

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