LARGE CARVED AGATE SNUFFBOX
Suzhou school, 1770-1850
A... Lot 15
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LARGE CARVED AGATE SNUFFBOX
Suzhou school, 1770-1850
A LARGE SILHOUETTE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
Suzhou-School, 1770-1850
Of rounded form and generous proportions, carved on one side following the natural inclusions of the stone with a monkey seated on a rock, the other side with a horse trotting along, a bee hovering above, stopper.
8.5cm (3 3/8in) high (2).
Footnotes:
1770-1850 蘇作瑪瑙巧雕「馬上封侯」大鼻煙壺
Provenance:
A European private collection
來源：
歐洲私人收藏
The present lot creates a pun for the phrase mashang fenghou by borrowing the pronunciation in Chinese for being on the top of a horse (mashang), bee (feng), and monkey (hou). It is applied to wish someone to be promoted to a higher rank soon.
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