Page 13 - Carl Barron Snuff Bottle Collection, CHRISTIE's Spet 12 2018

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A DOUBLE-GOURD-FORM AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
1750-1850
The stone has areas of opaque pink color resembling chrysanthemums surrounded
by clouds of milky white and translucent russet-orange, on a ground of grey tone.
2¡ in. (6 cm.) high, tourmaline stopper
$4,000-6,000
PROVENANCE
Mr.& Mrs. James, England.
Robert Hall, London, 1998.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2712.
Another bottle of similar form and material from A Collecting Legacy: Fine Chinese Jade
Carvings and Works of Art from the Lizzadro Collection (Part II), was sold at Christie’s
New York, 19 September 2013, lot 1239
1750-1850年 瑪瑙葫蘆形鼻煙壺

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