A banded agate snuff bottle


Qing DynastyWell-hollowed, the ovoid globular body flanked by a pair of mask-and-ring handles, the light beige stone with swirling striations in alternating tones of white to dark tan, stopper. 5cm (2in) high. (2).
|清 瑪瑙天然纏絲紋鼻煙壺Provenance:A distinguished Asian private collection來源：亞洲顯赫私人收藏For an example of a banded agate snuff bottle of similar form with mask and mock ring handles, 1750-1895, see H.White, Snuff Bottles from China. The Victoria and Albert Museum Collection, London, 1990, p.73, pl.29, no.2. Compare also a related example from the Mary and George Bloch collection, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 27 May 2013, lot 114.倫敦維多利亞及阿伯特博物館藏一件瑪瑙天然纏絲紋鼻煙壺可資比較，1750-1895年，見H.White，《Snuff Bottles from China. The Victoria and Albert Museum Collection》，倫敦，1990年，頁73，圖版29，編號2。另參考瑪麗及莊智博夫婦舊藏一例，後售於香港蘇富比，2013年5月27日，拍品編號114。