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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
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A MOSS AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
QING DYNASTY, 1750 1820

of compressed pear form with sloping shoulders
and a broad base supported by a concave oval
foot, the stone with caramel colored patches
su used with dense moss-like green and blue-
gray inclusions on a pale gray ground, stopper (2)
Height 2¼ in., 5.7 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of Charlotte Davis.
Collection of Robert and Molly Hsieh.
Sotheby’s New York, 23rd March 2004, lot 57.

$ 3,000-5,000

㶭ġ1750军1820⸜ġġġ㴟喣䐒䐁滣䄁⢢

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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF
JEANNETTE CURUBY

A STERLING SILVER MOUNTED
WHITE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
CONVERTED INTO A MATCH
STRIKE
THE SNUFF BOTTLE QING
DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY
THE SILVER MOUNTS LATE 19TH
CENTURY

the bottle of compressed rounded form relief
carved with a pair of bats ying above a peach
bough, the stone of an even, white tone, mounted
at the collar and base in silver, the foliate cast
base stamped Yamanaka and sterling, with a
crescent moon and L for Lebkuecher, New Jersey
silversmiths, stopper and striker (2)
Height overall 3⅛ in., 8 cm

PROVENANCE
Acquired in Boston 1940s-60s, and thence by
descent.

$ 4,000-6,000

滣䄁⢢烉㶭⋩ℓġİġ⋩ḅᶾ䲨
搚戨烉⋩ḅᶾ䲨㛓ġġġ
䘥䌱晽䤷⢥暁ℐ䲳滣䄁⢢搚戨㓡墅ㇻ䀓☐

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