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The Agate Flaming Pearl

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  • Agate

  • Flattened rectangular form

  • The pale stone is carved in relief using amber colored natural inclusions on one side to depict a dragon pursuing a flaming pearl, the reverse with a phoenix before pine trees and rock work.



Period

  • 19th century



Size

  • Height cm. 5.3
  • Mouth cm. 0.7
  • Lip cm. 1.7



Stopper

  • Glass with black vinyl ring



Provenance

  • Christie's South Kensington, London - 22 February 2007 - Lot no. 1997



Exhibited

  • 41st Convention I.C.S.B.S., Dublin, October 2009
  • Palazzina delle Arti: Museo del Sigillo (Seal Museum), La Spezia - Italy, November 2010 - January 2011



Published

  • Atomo Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Foti, no. 35, p. 40


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