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OFFICIAL SCHOOL, 1780-1880
Details
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
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.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4408.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.