AN UNUSUAL CARVED AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
OFFICIAL SCHOOL, 1740-1820
AN UNUSUAL CARVED AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE OFFICIAL SCHOOL, 1740-1820 Of very well-hollowed compressed form with concave lip and recessed, slightly convex oval foot surrounded by a footrim, carved using the natural coloring in the stone as a cameo with a continuous scene of two horses in a rocky landscape with a pine tree and lingzhi , one horse grooming its raised right foreleg, the other grazing a clump of grass growing from the base of a rocky promontory, from which a gnarled, old pine tree and a lingzhi grow, quartz stopper with gilt-metal collar 2 in. (5.6 cm.) high
AN UNUSUAL CARVED AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
OFFICIAL SCHOOL, 1740-1820
AN UNUSUAL CARVED AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE OFFICIAL SCHOOL, 1740-1820 Of very well-hollowed compressed form with concave lip and recessed, slightly convex oval foot surrounded by a footrim, carved using the natural coloring in the stone as a cameo with a continuous scene of two horses in a rocky landscape with a pine tree and lingzhi , one horse grooming its raised right foreleg, the other grazing a clump of grass growing from the base of a rocky promontory, from which a gnarled, old pine tree and a lingzhi grow, quartz stopper with gilt-metal collar 2 in. (5.6 cm.) high
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