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Auction archive: Lot number 247

AN UNUSUAL CARVED AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE

Estimate
US$12,000 - US$18,000
Price realised:
US$11,250
Auction archive: Lot number 247

AN UNUSUAL CARVED AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE

Estimate
US$12,000 - US$18,000
Price realised:
US$11,250
Beschreibung:

AN UNUSUAL CARVED AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
1760-1880
AN UNUSUAL CARVED AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 1760-1880 Of flattened form with concave lip and recessed concave oval foot, finely carved through the brownish-black and off-white inclusions on one side with an elderly scholar and his young male attendant holding a fan, both seated on a rocky outcrop surrounded by pine branches and clouds, the other main side with a fisherman standing in the swirling shallows of a river catching a carp, his catch basket at his feet, coral stopper with glass collar 2 27/64 in. (6.2 cm.) high

Auction archive: Lot number 247
Auction:
Datum:
19 Mar 2008
Auction house:
Christie's
19 March 2008, New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

AN UNUSUAL CARVED AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
1760-1880
AN UNUSUAL CARVED AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 1760-1880 Of flattened form with concave lip and recessed concave oval foot, finely carved through the brownish-black and off-white inclusions on one side with an elderly scholar and his young male attendant holding a fan, both seated on a rocky outcrop surrounded by pine branches and clouds, the other main side with a fisherman standing in the swirling shallows of a river catching a carp, his catch basket at his feet, coral stopper with glass collar 2 27/64 in. (6.2 cm.) high

Auction archive: Lot number 247
Auction:
Datum:
19 Mar 2008
Auction house:
Christie's
19 March 2008, New York, Rockefeller Center
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