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A BANDED AGATE 'YUDAI' SNUFF BOTTLE AN EMBELLISHED CHALCEDONY SNUFF BOTTLE
1780-1860 The bottle: 1860-1930, embellishment: Tsuda family, Kyoto, Japan,
Well-hollowed, of rounded rectangular profile with a cylindrical neck, 20th century
gently recessed rim, the gray and honey-colored stone streaked with The pale gray-toned rectangular bottle with sloping shoulders,
striking white bands around the middle of the bottle and the carefully supported by an oval foot ring, with a subtly everted neck, recessed
rounded oval foot ring. lip, the side walls decorated with colored stones and gilt highlights,
2 1/16in (5.2cm) high displaying a figure seated in a sampan floating on a river near a rocky
bank with trees and a soaring pagoda, the reverse depicting a bird
US$1,000 - 1,500 swooping toward leafy flower branches issuing from rocks.
2 1/2in (6.4cm)
Banded agate snuff bottles were popular during the Qing dynasty in
China, particularly when the band was positioned to the middle of a US$4,000 - 6,000
bottle to resemble the jade belt worn by high-ranking court officials,
and as such forming an auspicious wish for a higher court position. 8120
A FINELY CARVED CHALCEDONY SNUFF BOTTLE
1800-1850
Well-hollowed, of flattened globular form with a very subtly waisted
neck, recessed lip, oval foot ring, the decoration coordinating the dark
portions in the grayish stone, carved with a hawk and bear next to
rocks on one side, the reverse showing a monkey on the back of a
horse, the details defined with carefully incised lines.
2 1/4in (5.7cm) high

US$2,000 - 3,000

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