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The Carp Loving the Moon

The Collection > Quartz



  • Smoky crystal

  • Rounded rectangular

  • Snuff Bottle finely carved by Rustic Crystal Master on one main and two narrow sides with a golden carp leaping from the turbulent waves towards the moon in the sky above.



Period

  • 1730 - 1880



Size

  • Height cm. 6.0
  • Mouth cm. 0.5
  • Lip cm. 1.7



Stopper

  • Jadeite with gilt collar



Provenance

  • Pat Miller Collection, Hawaii
  • Robert Kleiner



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. 36, p. 41



Comparison

  • "A treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Mary and George Bloch Collection", Vol. 2, Quartz, no. 256
  • Journal ICSBS - Winter 1990 - Vol XXII num. 4 - Front page from Dagan Collection



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