Bottle ID: 839

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CARVED WITH A CRICKET ATOP A CAGE

Date: 1750-1860

Height: 55 mm

An agate snuff bottle, very well hollowed, of squared form with rounded shoulders, with a cylindrical neck and with a neatly carved footrim, the honey brown stone with an ochre inclusion utilized on one main side to depict a cricket perched atop its open cage, the lid of the cage fallen to one side, the reverse left plain.

Provenance:

Clare Chu Asian Art
Christie’s Paris, December 14, 2022, lot 636
The V.W.S. Collection, (1918-1974)
Acquired by the father of V.W.S (1890-1977) in China in the 1930s

 

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