In the Studio: Asian Art Featuring Works from the Collection of Bruce Dayton and Ruth Stricker Dayton

In the Studio: Asian Art Featuring Works from the Collection of Bruce Dayton and Ruth Stricker Dayton

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 813. A carved agate 'butterfly' snuff bottle, Qing dynasty, 18th - 19th century | 清十八至十九世紀 瑪瑙雕蝴蝶紋鼻烟壺.

Property from an Important American Private Collection

A carved agate 'butterfly' snuff bottle, Qing dynasty, 18th - 19th century | 清十八至十九世紀 瑪瑙雕蝴蝶紋鼻烟壺

Lot Closed

September 28, 03:23 PM GMT

Estimate

1,000 - 2,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

A carved agate 'butterfly' snuff bottle

Qing dynasty, 18th - 19th century 

清十八至十九世紀 瑪瑙雕蝴蝶紋鼻烟壺


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Height 2¼ in., 5.7 cm

Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, 2011.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2012.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection.
Christie's New York, 14th September 2016, lot 576.