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A SUZHOU AGATE ‘PARROT’ BOX AND COVER, 1750-1850
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12月16日 晚上6点 开拍 /6天18小时
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A SUZHOU AGATE ‘PARROT’ BOX AND COVER, 1750-1850

China. Of rectangular form with curved corners, the box is supported on four small feet, and the interior is carved with a stepped rim. The flush-fitting lid is expertly carved in openwork to depict a parrot perched on a leafy fruiting peach branch, its plumage meticulously incised. The partially transparent stone of a grayish-white tone with brown and black markings and shadings cleverly utilized by the carver to highlight the parrot and peaches.

Provenance: The Francine and Bernard Wald Collection of Fine Snuff Bottles, thence by descent. Francine and Bernard Wald were a devoted couple and passionate snuff bottle collectors, with a particular love for agate bottles—amassing a collection of over 1,400 pieces. Active participants in the early ICSBS conventions, they acquired many works from leading dealers such as Hugh Moss and Robert Hall, Clare Chu and the Late Robert Kleiner. Francine, a physicist and teacher, and Bernard, a senior lawyer in NYC, often spent summers in Cape Cod coinciding with the sales held at Eldred's auctions. Other collectors, the Dickers, the Dorfs, the Golders, and the Hartmans would visit and ‘Fran and Bernie' as they were known colloquially, held a famed 'Spaghetti' party each year, with all the collectors present. Their prized agate bottles, especially those featuring monkeys—Bernie’s zodiac animal—were proudly displayed in their Greenwich Village home. The couple also wrote articles for the International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society.
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, minimal nibbling, a tiny chip to the box, natural inclusions, and a drilling holes to the lid.

Weight: 49 g (excl. stand) 68 g (incl. stand)
Dimensions: Length 6 cm (excl. stand), 6.5 cm (incl. stand)

Raised on an fitted wood stand dating from the mid-20th century or earlier. (3)

Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related agate plaque with similar parrot inlaid into the cover of a wood inkstone box dated to the Qing dynasty in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, accession number 故文000035N000000001.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Bonhams New York, 14 September 2015, lot 8128
Price: USD 5,625 or approx. EUR 6,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A Suzhou agate toggle, 18th/19th century
Expert remark: Compare related the related manner of carving and stone. Note the size (5 cm) and that the lot is a pendant.

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拍品估价:600 - 1,200 欧元 起拍价格:600 欧元  买家佣金: 30.00%

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