Sold for $406

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Lot Description

Two Chinese Agate Snuff Bottles

19TH CENTURY

清中期瑪瑙素面鼻烟壺兩件
the first of carved of a peach, orange, russet, and cream steaked stone to compressed rounded shape, each shoulder carved in low to relief with mock animal mask handles, agate stopper; the second of compressed shield form and well-hollowed of honeyed stone flecked deep brown suggestive of tortoiseshell, jadeite stopper.

Height of taller bottle 2 1/2 in., 6.4 cm.

Property from The Strong National Museum of Play, sold to benefit the Collections Fund

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