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FIVE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY |
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Height of tallest 2 1/2 in., 6.5 cm
the first, of faceted banded agate; the second, with relief-carving of a monkey and a horse beneath a pine tree; the third, a ‘peanut’ snuff bottle; the fourth a large banded agate snuff bottle, the fifth a rose-colored banded agate snuff bottle; four stoppers (9)
Provenance
The faceted snuff bottle:
The Kaynes-Klitz collects ion.
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 30th October 1990, lot 71. The ‘monkey and horse’ snuff bottle:
collects ion of D. Heller.
collects ion of Dorothea Esty, until 1979.
The Neal W. and Frances R. Hunter collects ion.
Sotheby’s New York, 15th September 1998, lot 290.
The ‘peanut’ snuff bottle:
collects ion of Bernice Straus Hasterlik.
Sotheby’s New York, 17th September 1996, lot 72.
The rose-banded snuff bottle:
Sotheby Parke-Bernet, 18th September 1981, lot 153 (part lot).
Hartman Galleries, Inc., 14th January 1984.
The Kaynes-Klitz collects ion.
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 30th October 1990, lot 71. The ‘monkey and horse’ snuff bottle:
collects ion of D. Heller.
collects ion of Dorothea Esty, until 1979.
The Neal W. and Frances R. Hunter collects ion.
Sotheby’s New York, 15th September 1998, lot 290.
The ‘peanut’ snuff bottle:
collects ion of Bernice Straus Hasterlik.
Sotheby’s New York, 17th September 1996, lot 72.
The rose-banded snuff bottle:
Sotheby Parke-Bernet, 18th September 1981, lot 153 (part lot).
Hartman Galleries, Inc., 14th January 1984.