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Lot 140

Sale 6479 - Asian Works of Art
Mar 27, 2026 10:00AM ET
Live / New York
Estimate
$1,500 - 2,000

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Two Chinese Carved Agate Snuff Bottles, Qing Dynasty
清中期 瑪瑙巧雕鼻烟壺兩支
Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)

One of bulbous rounded-rectangular form, the shoulders sloping to a cylindrical neck, the lip and base concave, well carved in relief to depict a continuous scene, on one main side with two sages playing weiqi beneath a pine tree, the reverse with another sage reclining in a boat within a mountainous landscape, very well hollowed; the second possibly late 18th century, of bulbous ovoid form, with a cylindrical neck, concave lip, and protruding oval footrim, the stone very well hollowed, a black surface inclusion on one side finely carved to depict an eagle attacking a bear, a smaller inclusion on the reverse carved in low relief as a duck beneath a lotus plant.

Note:
The eagle and bear are a rebus for yingxiong: "Hero" or "Champion", suggesting wishes for strength, victory, or success
Height of largest without stopper 2 1/2 in., 6.4 cm.

Property from the Estate of Dr. Thomas A. Klein, MD., Sold to benefit the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

This lot is located in New York.

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