LOT 31 A SILHOUETTE HONEY AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 18th/19th century
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A SILHOUETTE HONEY AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE18th/19th century Of flattened rounded form, set on a neat oval footrim, the part concave surface utlising the dark brown skin, carved with two mariners in a sailing boat, bearing a three-character auspicious inscription: 一帆風順 Yifanfengshun , (have a good trip), the stone of pale honey hue with deeper russet inclusions, mother-of-pearl and glass stopper, box. The bottle 5.6cm (2 1/4in) high. (3). Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 Provenance : Purchased from Robert Hall, 18th January 2006. For other examples of silhouette agate bottles depicting a mariners motif see: New York, The Linda Riddell Hoffman Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, 22 March 2011, lot 120; Hong Kong, 26 November 2019, lot 69; Christie's Hong Kong, 8 October 2020, lot 54; Sotheby's New York, The Joe Grimberg Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, 14 September 2010, lot 45.
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