Thursday, January 9, 2020

Natural Citrine Quartz Chinese Snuff Bottles

Rare Natural Citrine Quartz Snuff Bottles, 1750 to 1830
The tallest is 2 3/8" bulbous form, no footrim, and nicely carved foo dog mask handles.
The second is 2 1/16", loops for cords, with four carvings meant to represent scarabs or another insect, with raised footrim. 
A good chance that both were carved by the same shop and or carver, and maybe even came from the same single chunk of citrine rough. 
Natural citrine quartz is rare, sometimes called lemon quartz. Natural inclusions.








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