Six Chinese Semiprecious Stone Snuff Bottles, 19th-Early 20th Century

19th-Early 20th Century

Comprising an inside painted rock crystal 'landscape' example, the second a flattened hair quartz example, the third a flattened agate example carved to the narrow sides with bats suspending chimes, the fourth a gourd-shaped agate example, the fifth a banded agate example, and the sixth a silhouettes agate example.

Height of largest including stopper 3 1/8 in., 7.9 cm.

Property from a Private San Francisco Collection, acquired in the 1960’s, thence by descent

The hair quartz example with several natural cracks in the stone, the gourd-form agate example with very short cracks to the foot, and the other bottles are in overall good condition. All are well hollowed. Caps of the hair quartz example and the largest agate bottle glued to the bodies.

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Ms. Wu joined the firm in 2014, after working as a specialist in the Asian Works of Art Department of an East Coast auction house. She researches, appraises, and sells Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, and South East Asian works of art, including jades, bronzes, ceramics, paintings, armor, and furniture. Throughout her career, Ms. Wu has achieved record prices for several prominent estates and collections, including the Estate of Frank G. Mertes, Sr., Winona, Minnesota; the Chinese Painting Collection of Ms. Yuan Jiaying and Mr. Li Guoyuan, Chicago; the Estate of Hisazo Nagatani, Chicago, and the Asian Art Collection deaccessioned from the Strong Museum of Play, Rochester, New York.

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Six Chinese Semiprecious Stone Snuff Bottles, 19th-Early 20th Century

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