Description
AN AGATE DOUBLE-GOURD SNUFF BOTTLE, QING
China, 1644-1912. The partly translucent stone of an ochre to chocolate brown color, carved in the form of a double gourd with openwork carving of smaller gourd leaves and vines. With a carnelian stopper.
Condition: Wear, chipping, and losses.
Provenance: Austrian private collection.
Weight: 46.1 g.
Dimensions: Height incl. stopper 65 mm. Diameter neck 13 mm and mouth 6 mm.