AMYGDALOIDAL BASALT Snuff Bottle, Qing Dynasty, 1760-1850

Snuff Bottles

$2,250

Material

Volcanic Puddngstone

Color

Multi-Color

Origin

China

Age / Period

1800-1849

Dimensions

Height: 2.20 inches (5.6cm) - not including stopper, Width: 1.44 inches (3.6cm), Thickness: 0.68 inches (1.7cm)

Condition

Estate / Pre-owned

Amygdaloidal Basalt Snuff Botle of flattened rectangular shape, supported on an oval footrim, the gently slopping shoulders rising to a cylindrical neck; the mottled dark stone ground suffused by gray-blue epidote and calcite irregular but attractive intrusions. Well-hollowed. It was probably made during the Qing Dynasty, 170-1850. This bottle comes with a green jadeite stopper with metal collar. Note: Amygdaloidal Basalt is also referred as volcanic puddingstone. According to Bob C. Stevens in the Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, New York and Tokyo, 1980, p. 159, it 'is a conglomerate made of cinders, ash, broken fragments (braccias) and epidote (a blue-green mineral), all intermixed with lava. A similar shaped bottle is illustrated in Stevens, op.cit., fig 658. A similar bottle was sold at Christie's, New York, on 22 March 2007 for $10,800. See photo #9 PROVENANCE: Bonhams, 2017 This outstanding bottle is in remarkable preserved condition. Bottle Measurements Height: 2.20 inches (5.6cm) - not including stopper Width: 1.44 inches (3.6cm) Thickness: 0.68 inches (1.7cm) Weight: 1.6 ounces