PRINTCompare with an agate snuff bottle embellished with the decorative motif of horses, illustrated in Chinese snuff bottle , Hugh M Moss ltd, London, 1970, pl.205, p.32.
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AN AGATE 'HORSE AND PINE' SNUFF BOTTLE
QING DYNASTY |
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Of compressed form rising to a cylindrical neck, exquisitely depicting on one side a recumbent horse with its tail swaying gently in the summer breeze under the shade of a luscious pine, the reverse similarly decorated with another horse. |
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Estimate
15,000 - 28,000 59,000 - 109,000 1,900 - 3,600
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Sold Price 19,200
74,419
2,477
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Compare with an agate snuff bottle embellished with the decorative motif of horses, illustrated in Chinese snuff bottle , Hugh M Moss ltd, London, 1970, pl.205, p.32.