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16 septembre 2015

A carved amber snuff bottle, 1800-1850

A carved amber snuff bottle, 1800-1850

A carved amber snuff bottle, 1800-1850. Estimate $1,500 - $2,500 - Price Realized $5,000 . Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015

The flattened bottle is carved in relief on one side with a scholar seated at a table reading below a pine tree as his attendant heats a teapot to the side. The reverse is carved with four boys at play around a tree. 2 ¼ in. (5.6 cm.) high, mother-of-pearl stopper

ProvenanceAlbert Pyke Collection, Los Angeles, California. 
The Reif Collection; Christie's New York, 18 October 1993, lot 89 (part).
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1494.

Christie's. THE RUTH AND CARL BARRON COLLECTION OF FINE CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES: PART I16 September 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza

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