Lot 302

Lot 302

Status:

Closed

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

Estimate$2,000 – $3,000

Status

Closed

A Carved Agate Snuff Bottle

LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY

清中期巧雕瑪瑙童戲圖鼻煙壺
of flattened flask form, carved in relief utilizing the dark russet inclusions to show a boy at the front, carrying a peach in his hands, the narrow sides carved with a fruiting peach tree and a leafy plant, the reverse decorated with a flying bat, with a tourmaline stopper.

Height overall 2 7/8 in., 7.3 cm.

Property from a Private Collection, Chicago, Illinois

Acquired from the Collection of Eugene D. Buchanan, circa 1977

James Graham & Sons, New York, New York, 1957

Height of bottle 2 1/2 in., 6.3 cm.

The bottle in very good and complete condition. Well hollowed. A very minor chip to the cover's rim.

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Annie Wu

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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.