AN AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
AN AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURYEstimate $800 – $1,200
- Lot Sold $900 (Hammer Price)
- $1,080 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
of ovoid form, carved with Liu Hai holding a string of cash beside a pine tree, his three legged toad nearby, using a pale opaque area in the otherwise mushroom coloured stone to highlight the carving, the reverse with characters; together with another agate snuff bottle carved with two sages and mask and ring handles, stoppers
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THE LARGEST 7.2CM
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Tasmania