Chinese Carved Translucent Shadow Chalcedony Amber Agate Snuff Bottle, Nineteenth Century. Of rounded bulbous form, interesting use of the darker inclusion on one side of the stone, carved with a duck in dark amber spotted in darker amber and brown, fitted with a malachite stopper. H: 2.875 in., W: 2.125 in., D: 1.375 in. Provenance: Hugh M. Moss, Ltd., London, September 1971.

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2.875 x 2.125 x 1.375 in