PRINTPROVENANCE:
JSL Auction, March 1999
Compare with two figural agate snuff bottles, illustrated in Chinese snuff bottle , Hugh M Moss ltd, London, 1970, pl.101 and pl.102, p.31.
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AN AGATE ‘SCHOLAR’ SNUFF BOTTLE
QING DYNASTY |
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Well hollowed and skillfully worked with a continuous scene of a long bearded scholar leaning against a large pine tree appreciating the rockworks in near proximity, skillfully utilizing the russet inclusions to highlight the texture of the gnarled tree trucks and a playful squirrel guarding its four pine nuts, both designs rendered in high relief. |
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Estimate
25,000 - 38,000 98,000 - 148,000 3,200 - 4,900
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Sold Price 28,800
111,628
3,716
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PROVENANCE:
JSL Auction, March 1999
Compare with two figural agate snuff bottles, illustrated in Chinese snuff bottle , Hugh M Moss ltd, London, 1970, pl.101 and pl.102, p.31.