S27 A carved agate snuff bottle

1780-1850 瑪瑙雕鼻煙壺

C. 1780-1850

The well hollowed bottle is of a pale brown colour with dark brown inclusions well carved in high relief with two horses at a stream, one prancing with its head turned back, the other with lowered head drinking from a stream. The light brown ground is carved with rocks and clouds, with few honey-brown vertical markings on one narrow side extending from the neck along the base towards the back.
Height 7 cm; coral and gilt metal stopper

Provenance: Robert Hall, London, 2015
                     Ex collection: Jeff Kramer, Tanzania, California 

A similar bottle in the Victoria and Albert Museum is illustrated in Bob C. Stevens, Snuff Bottles, New York 1976, No 582, which has an inscription reading:  'Envy their friendship in enjoying a drink at a running brook'.
 

S27 1780-1850 瑪瑙雕鼻煙壺
時代：1780年至1850年間。
特徵：淺棕色壺身上雕刻岩石雲彩紋，壺內可見沉澱物。外側深浮雕兩匹駿馬，其中一匹呈回首騰躍之姿，另一匹則低頭飲水。
尺寸：高7公分；珊瑚與鍍金屬蓋。
來源：2015年倫敦Robert Hall。原為美國加州Jeff Kramer收藏。