A shadow agate snuff bottle
Objects of Desire: A European private collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Lots 98-146
A shadow agate snuff bottle
1750-1860
Of flattened rounded form and well hollowed, set on a wide flattened footrim, one side with partially concave surface and dark inclusions forming a leafy tree, the reverse with abstract mottled inclusions.
6.5cm. (2.1/2in) high.
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Objects of Desire: A European private collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Lots 98-146
A shadow agate snuff bottle
1750-1860
Of flattened rounded form and well hollowed, set on a wide flattened footrim, one side with partially concave surface and dark inclusions forming a leafy tree, the reverse with abstract mottled inclusions.
6.5cm. (2.1/2in) high.