A CARVED SILHOUETTE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
This lot is offered without reserve.
A CARVED SILHOUETTE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE

OFFICIAL SCHOOL, 1780-1880

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A CARVED SILHOUETTE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
OFFICIAL SCHOOL, 1780-1880
The bottle is carved on one side through the natural plane of deep russet and milky-white colored stone to the honey-colored ground to depict two birds beneath a tree, one in flight and the other standing on one leg.
2 ½ in. (6.4 cm.) high, pink tourmaline stopper
Provenance
Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, California, 2006.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4408.
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This lot is offered without reserve.

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