THREE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES 19th century (4)
THREE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES
19th century
Comprising: a fine banded agate bottle of compressed form, the body with intricate pale grey and white striations, repeated to the stopper; a further compressed form agate bottle carved with mask ring handles, one side of deep caramel hue, the reverse of pale coffee tone with creamy markings; and a banded moss agate bottle, the body with diagonal striations and moss-like inclusions.
The banded bottle and stopper 7cm (2 3/4in) high. (4).
Footnotes:
十九世紀 瑪瑙鼻烟壺一組三件
Provenance: Christie's, London, 11th February 1973, lot 3 (the fine agate banded bottle and the moss agate bottle)
An English private collection, Hampstead
For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
THREE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES
19th century
Comprising: a fine banded agate bottle of compressed form, the body with intricate pale grey and white striations, repeated to the stopper; a further compressed form agate bottle carved with mask ring handles, one side of deep caramel hue, the reverse of pale coffee tone with creamy markings; and a banded moss agate bottle, the body with diagonal striations and moss-like inclusions.
The banded bottle and stopper 7cm (2 3/4in) high. (4).
Footnotes:
十九世紀 瑪瑙鼻烟壺一組三件
Provenance: Christie's, London, 11th February 1973, lot 3 (the fine agate banded bottle and the moss agate bottle)
An English private collection, Hampstead
For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
