The bottle is of agate with dendritic inclusions which have been skilfully used by a craftsman to suggest the moon setting into a sea of crested waves, thereby transforming a stone of no intrinsic value into a work of great art, 5.2cm.
Categories: Chinese Snuff Bottles at Burghley | Chinese Works of Art | Collectibles and Curiosities | Exhibitions |
A quartz snuff bottle, 1800-1900.
REFERENCE: CSBQ31
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