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A CARVED CHALCEDONY SNUFF BOTTLE
PROBABLY IMPERIAL, OFFICIAL SCHOOL, 1760-1800
The bottle is carved on one side in high relief through a layer of translucent pale
emerald-green color with three frogs amidst lotus above stylized waves in a darker
area of the stone, all on a ground of icy grey color.
2 in. (5 cm.) high, pink tourmaline stopper and metal spoon
$12,000-15,000
PROVENANCE
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2001.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3163.
EXHIBITED
Boston, International Chinese Snuf Bottle Society Convention,
The Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008.
Of transparent bright green stone, the carved surface of the current bottle is very close in
appearance to Imperial carved glass overlay bottles. The hardness of the stone allows it
to be fnished with a glossy polish, resembling glass in yet another way.
For two other agate examples with a layer of translucent green dendritic material see
Moss, Graham, Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuf Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch
Collection, Vol. 2, Part 2, Hong Kong, 1998, pp. 354-57, nos. 311 and 312.
1760-1800年 玉髓瑪瑙雕蓮塘圖鼻煙壺

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