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A CARVED CARNELIAN AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
1760-1850
The mottled whitish stone is carved using markings of deep russet-red tone and red veining
with the Sanyang Kaitai and an overall ground of overlapping rocks, on one side with two rams
nestled in the center and on the other with a single ram to one side reclining beneath the sun.
2º in. (5.7 cm.) high, glass stopper
$7,000-9,000
PROVENANCE
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong.
The Linda Riddell Hoffman Collection; Bonham’s New York, 22 March 2011, lot. 62.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5183.
䍆蒗蚉⇢Ӳ照⥘聖㌉
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