AN AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE, 19TH/20TH CENTURY
AN AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE, 19TH/20TH CENTURYEstimate $500 – $700
- Lot Sold $550 (Hammer Price)
- $660 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
one side carved with a dragon pursuing a 'flaming pearl' using the brown markings in the mushroom coloured stone, the reverse with a sage walking beside a pine tree and phoenix in flight overhead; together with an agate snuff bottle carved in low relief with mask and ring handles, mottled amber tones, stoppers
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THE LARGEST 8CM
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Tasmania