ONE ‘SHADOW AGATE IMITATION’ AND TWO AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES
ONE ‘SHADOW AGATE IMITATION’ AND TWO AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES
Agate and glass
China, 20th century
The smallest bottle oval-shaped and smoothly polished, of agate with natural inclusions. The second Agate bottle with russet inclusions. The last bottle, an inside-painted glass bottle, the painting of a landscape and butterflies in imitation of a ‘shadow agate bottle’. Glass and coral stoppers.
Dimensions: HEIGHT (with stopper) 6 – 8 CM
Condition: All bottles in good condition; the stopper of the smallest bottle is loose
Provenance: French private collection, formerly collection of John Ault – known for the publication on snuff bottles from Robert Kleiner: ‘Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of John Ault’ (1990)