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1740-1840
Details
A CRYSTAL AND TOURMALINE RELIEF-CARVED SNUFF BOTTLE
1740-1840
The bottle is carved in high relief through an area of dark color with a farmer and a boy on a water buffalo. The reverse has some black needle-like crystals and is carved in shallow relief with a pine tree.
2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.) high, glass stopper
1740-1840
The bottle is carved in high relief through an area of dark color with a farmer and a boy on a water buffalo. The reverse has some black needle-like crystals and is carved in shallow relief with a pine tree.
2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.) high, glass stopper
Provenance
The Dr. Max Chitters Collection, South Africa.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2006.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2736.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2006.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2736.
Literature
H. Moss, Chinese Snuff Bottles of the Silica or Quartz Group, London, 1971, p. 25, no. 49.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.