app download
ArtFox APP
Home > Auction >  Chinese Works of Art and Paintings  >  Lot.306 A CARVED CAMEO AGATE 'SQUIRREL AND GRAPE' SNUFF BOTTLE 1750-...

LOT 306 A CARVED CAMEO AGATE 'SQUIRREL AND GRAPE' SNUFF BOTTLE 1750-...

Starting price
USD2,500
Estimate  USD  2,500 ~ 3,500

Viewed  49  Frequency

Pre-bid 0  Frequency

Log in to view

logo Collect

邦瀚斯

Chinese Works of Art and Paintings

邦瀚斯

Name

Size

Description

Translation provided by Youdao

Translate
Size

Description

A CARVED CAMEO AGATE 'SQUIRREL AND GRAPE' SNUFF BOTTLE 1750-1860A CARVED CAMEO AGATE 'SQUIRREL AND GRAPE' SNUFF BOTTLE1750-1860Very well-hollowed, of compressed globular form standing on an oval footrim, with a subtly waisted neck and flat lip, one main side utilizing the dark brown inclusions in the pale gray matrix, carved with two squirrels cavorting among leafy grape vines, further decorated with a fisherman in a sampan near one narrow side.2 1/2in (6.4cm) high1750-1860 巧色瑪瑙刻松鼠葡萄鼻煙壺一件Provenance:Joan and Ted Dorf Collection, no. 79The depiction of a squirrel, or more correctly a tree shrew, climbing among leafy vines is often seen on snuff bottles. They are symbolic of fertility as they produce large litters. Though this is a more usual interpretation of this symbolism, other scholars have suggested that this motif is an expression of a wish for promotion to a higher rank of officialdom.

Preview:

Address:

New York

Start time:

  • Commission  USD
  • 0 ~ 20,00030.5%
  • 20,001 ~ 700,00029.0%
  • 700,001 ~ 4,500,00023.0%
  • 4,500,001 ~ Unlimitation17.5%

Online payment is available,

You will be qualified after paid the deposit!

Online payment is available for this session.

Bidding for buyers is available,

please call us for further information. Our hot line is400-010-3636 !

This session is a live auction,

available for online bidding and reserved bidding

×
This session requires a deposit. Please leave your contact. Our staff will contact you. Or you can call400-010-3636 (Mainland China)+86 010-5994 2750 (Overseas) Contact Art Fox Live Customer Service
Contact:
Other Lots in this session 294unit
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE OVAL BOWL WITH RING HANDLE (HE) Eastern Zh...

LOT 110

AN ARCHAIC BRONZE WINE VESSEL, Gu  Late Shang/Early Western ...

LOT 111

A MINIATURE ARCHAIC BRONZE BELL, YONG Warring States period

LOT 112

A PAIR OF INLAID AND GILDED BRONZE TIGER WEIGHTS Han dynasty

LOT 113

A BRONZE 'TLV' MIRROR Han dynasty

LOT 114

A RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE HANDLE FOR A BELL, YONG Eastern Zhou d...

LOT 115

A RARE NEOLITHIC PALE GREEN JADE CURVED AND RIBBED ORNAMENT ...

LOT 116

A LARGE ARHAIC JADE RITUAL DAGGER AXE, GE Shang Dynasty

LOT 117

AN EXTREMELY RARE NEOLITHIC BLACK-PAINTED RED POTTERY 'ITHYP...

LOT 118

A RELIEF-IMPRESSED GLOBULAR HIGH-FIRED GREY POTTERY JAR  War...

LOT 119

A RARE AND MASSIVE ASH-GLAZED PROTO-PORCELIAN RETICULATED GL...

LOT 120

A PAINTED GRAY POTTERY OF EQUESTRIAN WARRIOR Northern Qi dyn...

LOT 121

【¤】A PAINTED POTTERY HORSE AND 'FOREIGNER' RIDER Tang dynast...

LOT 122

AN UNUSUAL PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF AN ATTENDANT  Tang dyna...

LOT 123

A PAINTED RED POTTERY GROOM AND A HORSE Tang dynasty

LOT 124

A PAIR OF SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY 'EARTH SPIRITS' Tang dynasty

LOT 125

Art Fox Live
Buyers
Auctioneers
Follow Us
Feedback

在线客服

咨询热线

400-010-3636

微信公众号

APP下载

顶部

Hint
You will not be able to bid and pay the deposit when the session is ended.
Hint
You will not be able to bid and pay the deposit when the current bidding is ended.
Hint
宝物的份数已经被购完,下次下手请及时。
Hint
You will not be able to bid and pay the deposit when the session is ended.
Hint
You will not be able to bid and pay the deposit when the session is ended.
Hint
You will not able to bid now when the bid is started or ended.