Lot 597 清 一七八零至一八五零年 燈草瑪瑙鼻烟壺及蘚紋瑪瑙鼻烟壺 | A 'MACARONI' AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE AND A DENDRITIC AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE

清 一七八零至一八五零年 燈草瑪瑙鼻烟壺及蘚紋瑪瑙鼻烟壺 | A 'MACARONI' AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE AND A DENDRITIC AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE

Qing Dynasty, 1780-1850

GBP 1,500

GBP 1500 - 1800

未知

未知

Qing Dynasty, 1780-1850
Each of rounded rectangular form, the smaller 'macaroni' agate bottle with inclusions of pale grey, ochre and milky white, the larger with natural dendritic crystalline markings in ochre, red and brown, with white and cream banding, stoppers.
The larger: 7.5cm (3in) high with stopper. (4).
Footnotes
清 一七八零至一八五零年 燈草瑪瑙鼻烟壺及蘚紋瑪瑙鼻烟壺
Provenance: Patricia Gadsby, New York
Robert Hall, London
A private collection, Edinburgh, acquired from the above 15th July 2015 (invoice)(the larger bottle) and 2006 (the smaller)
Published and Illustrated: The Heriot Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Volume II, Edinburgh, 2020, p.86, fig.72 (the larger bottle) and p.80, fig.66 (the smaller)
Patricia Gadsby was the daughter of Suzanne Ault, whose initial snuff bottle collection, known as the SB collection, was collected mainly in the 1960s and 1970s in Hong Kong together with John Ault.