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A CARVED CHALCEDONY AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE The stone used to create the current bottle is notable for its gem-
1760-1850 like quality. The glass-like appearance of the outer layer of stone
The bottle is carved in the attractive semi-translucent stone of dark mimics the materials used in carved overlay glass bottles of the
amber color with a phoenix standing on one end of an encircling same period, but in a much harder and naturally-occurring material.
bamboo cane the frames the bird. A cloud-covered sun is carved on
a similar amber patch on one shoulder and a half-moon is incised Robert Kleiner, in his entry for this bottle in Chinese Snuf Bottles:
on the other. The White Wings Collection, Hong Kong, 1997, p. 177, no. 120, notes
that only one other bottle with a similar framing device is recorded
1√ in. (4.7 cm.) high, glass stopper and was from the Dwyer Collection, sold at Christie’s London,
$8,000-10,000 12 October 1987, lot 213.
1760-1850年 玉髓瑪瑙雕鳳凰圖鼻煙壺
PROVENANCE
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong.
Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 1998.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
no. 2682.
LITERATURE
JICSBS, September 1975, p. 12, fg. 2.
JICSBS, June 1977, p. 7, no. 11.

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