Descrizione
Description: Chinese snuff bottle of conglomerate red jasper stone. Flattened round form. Well-shaped and hollowed, with concave mouth.
Foot/base: Small flat base
Mark:
Dating: 19th Century.
Material: Red Jasper conglomerate stone
Size: 65 mm high
Stopper: Brown agate stopper with black glass collar and bone spoon.
Provenance: Antiquarian market
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Notes: Jasper (a term of Persian origin) is a semi-precious stone, a compact quartz containing inclusions of different substances. In the case of red Jasper, the substance in question is iron, which combined with silicon gives this stone its characteristic colors.
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