A SHADOW AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE QING DYNASTY, 1780-1910 The bottle is well hollowed with a flat base, utilising the darker markings in the stone to provide a silhouette design reminiscent of a duck standing and looking backwards. The stone is of variegated honey and dark-brown tones. Together with a chalcedony snuff dish. Bottle: 2 ¼ in. (5.8 cm.) high, tourmaline stopper; Dish: 1 9/16 in. (3.9 cm.) diam. (2) Provenance Bottle: Robert Hall, London, October 2010 Dish: The Arthur Gadsby Collection, Hong Kong Sold at Sotheby’s London, 13 June 2003, lot 771
A SHADOW AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE QING DYNASTY, 1780-1910 The bottle is well hollowed with a flat base, utilising the darker markings in the stone to provide a silhouette design reminiscent of a duck standing and looking backwards. The stone is of variegated honey and dark-brown tones. Together with a chalcedony snuff dish. Bottle: 2 ¼ in. (5.8 cm.) high, tourmaline stopper; Dish: 1 9/16 in. (3.9 cm.) diam. (2) Provenance Bottle: Robert Hall, London, October 2010 Dish: The Arthur Gadsby Collection, Hong Kong Sold at Sotheby’s London, 13 June 2003, lot 771
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