Objects of Desire: A European private collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Lots 98-146
A shadow agate snuff bottle
1750-1860Of flattened form with sloping shoulders, set on a neatly carved foot, the pale honey coloured stone suffused with darker inclusions to one side suggestive of trees, the reverse with caramel inclusions.6.1cm. (2.3/8in) high.
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Objects of Desire: A European private collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Lots 98-146Provenance: Clare Lawrence Ltd., London,Sotheby's New York, 17th March 1997, Lot 206A Private Canadian Collection