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A LARGE SILHOUETTE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
OFFICIAL SCHOOL, 1760-1850

The rounded, rectangular bottle is carved in relief through the brown markings of the beige-
toned, semi-translucent stone with a scene of a monkey climbing a pine tree beside a horse
standing below a four-character inscription.
2æ in. (7 cm.) high, glass stopper

$7,000-9,000

PROVENANCE:

Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2006.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4361.

EXHIBITED:

Boston, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, The Barron Collection,
September 2008.

The combination of a monkey and horse forms the rebus Mashang fenghou (‘May you immediately be
conferred the rank of Marquis’).

1760-1850年 瑪瑙巧雕「亦馬心园」鼻煙壺

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