Bottle ID: 732

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CARVED, BIRDS AMONGST PRUNUS

Date: 1750-1860

Height: 70 mm

Agate, well hollowed, of flattened shield shape, with rounded shoulders sloping to a slightly everted neck with straightened lip, and with a concave oval foot, of pale honey tones with an opaque beige inclusion on one main side, well carved with two pairs of birds swooping and perched in a blossoming prunus treee issuing from rockwork; the reverse with a dark brown inclusion incised to depict a bird perched on a branch.

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Provenance:

Bonhams, New York, March 13, 2017, lot 1036
The Elsa Glickman Collection

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