Description:
Suzhou-style Agate Snuff Bottle, China, flattened oval form with straight neck, well-hollowed, depicting a story of Liu Hai dancing with gold coins on a string to catch a three-legged toad along with a bat, incorporating the stone's natural dark brown markings in high relief on the yellowish gray stone with streaked and spotted inclusions, the domed stopper with yellow to red/brown striations mounted on a black collar with a bone spoon, ht. 2 5/8 in.
Estimate $500-700
scratches to stopper.
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