Lot 437. A carved amber snuff bottle, 1750-1850. Estimate USD 2,400 - USD 3,400. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016

The naturalistic pebble-form bottle is of deep orange tone and is carved with a scene of boys at play, one carrying a blossoming lotus branch and the others dancing amid trees. 2 ¼ in. (5.6 cm.) high, glass stopper

Provenance: Gerd Lester Collection; Sotheby's New York, 17 September 1996, lot 182.
Vanessa F. Holden Collection, New York.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2346.

Christie's. Fine Chinese Paintings, 13 September 2016, New York, Rockefeller Plaza