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A HONEY-COLOURED AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
OFFICIAL SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY

The bottle is carved to one side with a horse tied to a post and a
bat in fight above, with details cleverly picked out in the russet
skin of the stone.
2æ in. (7 cm.) high

£1,000-1,500 $1,300-1,900

€1,200-1,700

PROVENANCE

With ‘John Sparks Ltd 128, Mount Street’ label to reverse.
Collection of an English Gentleman, acquired between 1960
and 1980.

清十九世紀 瑪瑙駿馬圖鼻煙壺
來源: 倫敦古董商JOHN SPARKS標籤; 英國私人珍藏, 購於
1960年至1980年間

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351 PROVENANCE
A GROUP OF THREE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES
19TH CENTURY Collection of an English Gentleman, acquired between 1960
and 1980.
The group comprises a honey-coloured bottle with mask and
清十九世紀 瑪瑙鼻煙壺一組三件
ring handles and small brown shadow inclusions; a fattened 來源:英國私人珍藏, 購於1960年至1980年間

rounded honey and grey-coloured bottle with a few orange-

russet inclusions; and a larger honey-coloured bottle with

speckled dark brown inclusions to one side.

The largest, 2Ω in. (6.4 cm.) high (3)

£1,500-2,000 $1,900-2,500
€1,800-2,300

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