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A CARVED AMBER SNUFF BOTTLE
1750-1850
The opaque yellowish-orange colored bottle has areas of translucent and transparent
material, and is carved on one side with two boys fying a kite beneath a pine tree.
The reverse is undecorated.
2¡ in. (6 cm.) high, glass stopper
$6,000-8,000
PROVENANCE
Dennis G. Crow, Los Angeles, California, 1994.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1229.
Amber was valued long before the snuf-bottle era and was considered to be a symbol of
longevity, since it was known to have settled in the ground while being transformed over
a long period of time. It would have become a popular material for snuf bottles from very
early in the development of the art form. The decoration of a pine tree on the present
bottle could be a reference to the ancient coniferous trees which were the source of the
amber used to carve this bottle.
1750-1850年 琥珀雕嬰戲圖鼻煙壺
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