Bottle ID: 789

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CARVED WITH BATS, GOURD AND INSCRIPTION

Date: 1750-1860

Height: 65 mm

An agate snuff bottle, very well hollowed, of squared form with rounded shoulders and a cylindrical neck, and with a neatly carved oval footrim, of honey-brown tone with a dappled dark brown inclusion to one main side, carved in relief with a double gourd issuing vapors in which a pair of bats fly, beside a four character inscription set in a vertical framed border, the reverse left plain.

Similar Examples:

Crane Collection no.s 98 and 213

Provenance:

Clare Chu Asian Art LLC
Collection of John O'Hara, PA

 

 

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