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Lot 141
Sale 6479 - Asian Works of Art
Mar 27, 2026
10:00AM ET
Live / New York
Estimate
$1,200 -
1,500
Lot Description
Three Chinese Agate Snuff Bottles, 18th-19th Century
清中期 瑪瑙鼻烟壺三支
清中期 瑪瑙鼻烟壺三支
18th-19th Century
The first, circa 1800-1880, of tapering ovoid form, with a cylindrical neck, the stone strikingly colored with swirling splashes of rich orange, ochre and brown, suffused with moss-like patches around the base, very well hollowed and supported on a neatly-carved footrim; the second circa 1780-1850, of flattened rectangular form, the shoulders sloping to a cylindrical neck, the lip flat, the base encircled by a neatly carved protruding oval footrim, the highly polished caramel-colored stone undecorated and finely hollowed., the third 19th century, of rounded-rectangular form, the shoulders sloping to a cylindrical neck, with a flat lip and base surrounded by a shallow protruding oval footrim, the caramel-colored body undecorated and very well-hollowed, the hollowing technique giving a cloudlike appearance.
Height of largest without stopper 2 9/16 in., 6.5 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.

