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Six Chinese Carved Hardstone Snuff Bottles

Auction Date: October 23, 2020

Sold for: $300


Lot: 636

The first of lapis lazuli, modeled as a crouching aged sage with his eyes closed the second of flattened ovoid tapering shape, carved from malachite with butterflies and a duck in a lotus pond the third, a large green jade bottle carved as a man in an incise-decorated suit the fourth of flattened circular shape, carved from a cameo agate, one side depicting a solitary hawk and a lingzhi spray the fifth, an opal bottle carved in the shape of leaping fish the sixth, a small amethyst bottle carved in high relief to the principle side with roses.
Tallest: 4 7/8 inches (12.5 cm).
Provenance: From the Estate of prominent physician and surgeon Dr. Elwyn A. Thayer.


Auction Date: October 23, 2020


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