Lot 312
Two Chinese Banded Agate Snuff Bottles
Sale 1015 - Strong Diversions: Property from a Lifetime of Play
Mar 28, 2022
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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800
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$1,188
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Lot Description
Two Chinese Banded Agate Snuff Bottles
19TH CENTURY
清中期 纏絲瑪瑙素面鼻烟壺
the first of compressed flask form, worked from a honeyed stone with an even white band bisecting the bottle laterally, rose quartz stopper; the second a slightly smaller example of rectangular form with beveled edges, the grey stone streaked with white, caramel, and lavender, agate stopper.
the first of compressed flask form, worked from a honeyed stone with an even white band bisecting the bottle laterally, rose quartz stopper; the second a slightly smaller example of rectangular form with beveled edges, the grey stone streaked with white, caramel, and lavender, agate stopper.
Height of taller bottle 2 3/8 in., 6 cm.
Property from The Strong National Museum of Play, sold to benefit the Collections Fund
Accessioned in 1975.
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