Descrizione
Description: Chinese agate snuff bottle of light color with a mottled green and brown skin, from which a saddled horse under a willow is carved out. The clouds over the willow are carved out in the light-colored body. Interesting, a series of natural brown spots of the agate are perfectly framing the scene.
Foot/base: Round foot and flat recessed base.
Mark:
Dating: Late 19th century or later.
Material: Agate
Size: 63 mm high
Stopper: Agate stopper black glass collar and bone spoon.
Provenance: Antiquarian market
References: A similar agate bottle of pale color with dark grey skin is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, illustrated in plate 20 of “Snuff bottles from China” by Helen White.
Notes: Note last two pictures are showing the spotted agate by inner lighting and the detail of the deep carving.
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