Bottle ID: 842

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SILHOUETTE, WITH A TIGER AND BAT

Date: 1750-1860

Height: 50 mm

An agate snuff bottle, superbly hollowed, of squared form with rounded shoulders, with a cylindrical neck and with a neatly carved concave oval foot, the honey brown stone with an ochre inclusion utilized on one main side to depict a prancing tiger upon a rock, chasing a bat in flight above, the two characters Zhen wan (Precious Plaything) to one side.

 

Provenance:

Clare Chu Asian Art
Zhenliu Xuan, CA.
Marvin Lesser, PA
John O’Hara, PA

 

 

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