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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
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AN AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

of rectangular form raised on an oval foot and
rising to a low neck and circular mouth, the pale
gray stone su used with opaque white inclusions
and a few faint caramel-colored veins, stopper (2)
Height 2½ in., 6.4 cm

PROVENANCE
Robert Hall, London, 2002.

$ 1,500-2,000

㶭⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ䐒䐁滣䄁⢢

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PROPERTY FROM A WASHINGTON D.C. FAMILY
COLLECTION

A JADE PEBBLE-FORM SNUFF
BOTTLE
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

well hollowed, of ovoid form with a small mouth,
the smooth white stone with enhanced russet
coloration
Height 2½ in., 6.4 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of a United States Army General
stationed in China, acquired between 1925 and
1948, and thence by descent.

$ 2,000-3,000

㶭⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ䌱⌝䞛⼊滣䄁⢢

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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

A MOSS AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

of rectangular form with angular shoulders
rising to a cylindrical neck, raised on an oval
foot, the stone su used with orange and maroon
inclusions on the shoulder with dense crystalline
moss-green threads throughout the pale gray
body, stopper (2)
Height 2½ in., 6.4 cm

PROVENANCE
Robert Hall, London, 2001.

$ 2,000-3,000

㶭⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ㴟喣䐒䐁滣䄁⢢

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