Important South African and International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery

Live Auction, 5 March 2018

Decorative Arts

Sold for

ZAR 6 441
Lot 243
  • Three Chinese 'shadow' agate snuff bottles, late 19th/early 20th century


Lot Estimate
ZAR 6 000 - 8 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 6 441

About this Item

Three Chinese 'shadow' agate snuff bottles, late 19th/early 20th century

the first of rounded flattened form carved with a sage before a rocky mountainscape, the reverse with small boats in a riverscape before a pavilion, the stone of mottled grey tone, stopper, 5,3cm high; the second carved with wave-shaped handles, the semi-translucent stone highlighted with mottled brown patterns and amber patches, stopper, 5,4cm high; the third of ovoid flattened form, the stone of grey tone suffused with greyish-beige 'thumbprint'-form inclusions, stopper, 5,8cm high

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