Exceptional Chinese silver mounted Agate Snuff bottle, 19th. cent.
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Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Pre AD 1000: Item # 1477797
Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Pre AD 1000: Item # 1477797
$595.00
A fine antique silver mounted snuff bottle carved in smoky agate in a large and impressive size, Qing Dynasty.
The bottle carved with floral decoration and with a thick silver mounting also finely chiselled with floral motifs. The corresponding spoon in coral-coloured glass. High purity silver with silver marks.
Size: 10 cm. tall and c. 5,9 cm. wide. Thick and heavy weighing 266 grams!
Condition: Good Very fine, intact with nice patina and smooth wear.
Provenance: Estate of the Danish Artist Rolf Gjedsted, bought in the 1980s. antiquities market in Copenhagen.
The bottle carved with floral decoration and with a thick silver mounting also finely chiselled with floral motifs. The corresponding spoon in coral-coloured glass. High purity silver with silver marks.
Size: 10 cm. tall and c. 5,9 cm. wide. Thick and heavy weighing 266 grams!
Condition: Good Very fine, intact with nice patina and smooth wear.
Provenance: Estate of the Danish Artist Rolf Gjedsted, bought in the 1980s. antiquities market in Copenhagen.
