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A DENDRITIC AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description
- agate
well-hollowed, of flattened rounded form, the translucent stone appearing to have strands of swirling moss suspended within its matrix, the recessed base incised with a four-character Qianlong seal mark
Provenance
Christie's New York, 2nd June 1994, lot 447.
Catalogue Note
For similar bottles see Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, vol. 2, part 1, Quartz, Hong Kong, 1998, pp. 52-55, no. 199 and pp. 210-212, no. 259, where it is noted that these types of unadorned bottles in a variety of materials were made at and for the Imperial court.