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From the Collection of Elsa Glickman, New York
A CHALCEDONY AGATE 'DUCK' SNUFF BOTTLE
Official School, 1750-1850Of rounded square outline, a caramel-colored inclusion on one side carved to resemble a duck, incised with a poetic line of verse chunjiang shui nuan ya xian zhi (ducks are the first to know when spring rivers warm), the translucent stone with cloudy opaque inclusions. 2 5/8in (6.8cm) high
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1750-1850年 瑪瑙巧雕戲水鴨紋鼻煙壺ProvenanceFernhill Park Collection Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, 3 October 1991來源Fernhill Park珍藏Chinese Porcelain Company, 紐約, 1991年10月3日For another Chalcedony agate bottle with a lightly carved 'duck' inclusion, see Hughes, The Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Chinese Snuff Bottles, pp.118-119, No.93.Another is illustrated by Moss, The Barron Collection: Illustrated Handlist, ICSBS Convention, Boston, 2008, p.4, no. 2260.