$308
Four Agate Snuff Bottles, China, 19th/20th century, warm grayish brown stone striated with gray to russet bands and markings, one flattened horizontal oviform, well hollowed, three stoppers with a domed red stone stopper in the center flanked by two metalwork stoppers topped with domed blue and green stone tops, the blue stopper with spoon, ht. 2 1/4, wd. 2 5/8; one round with a concave round foot, carved with a boy standing on a leaf with a bat hovering above, with an agate finial stopper, ht. 2 7/8; one flattened round form with a flat oval foot, carved with a monkey holding a lingzhi mushroom, with a round agate stopper 2 3/8; and one flattened oval form with a flat oval foot, carved with two bats and a peach, with an agate finial stopper, ht. 2 1/2 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-09-10