AN AGATE 'WATERWEED' SNUFF BOTTLE 19th/20th century The flattened body rising from a flat oval foot to a cylindrical neck with a slightly concave mouth rim, the stone ranging from opaque blue to translucent milky-white and with greenish dendritic inclusions resembling floating waterweed, stopper. 6cm (2 3/8in) high. (2). Footnotes: The item within this lot containing ivory has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (Section 10). Ref.XL3XR5GF 該批次中含有象牙的物品已根據《象牙法案》（章節10）註冊Ref.XL3XR5GF 十九/二十世紀 水草瑪瑙鼻烟壶 Provenance: The Ko collection, Turin Christie's London, 8 November 1976, lot 143 Trudy and John Cohen, collection no.B5 來源：葛氏舊藏，意大利都靈 倫敦佳士得，1976年11月8日，拍品編號143 Trudy及John Cohen伉儷，藏品編號B5 The Ko collection comprises a group of snuff bottles and related items assembled by the Italian Evaristo Caretti (1879-1955), whose work in the Chinese Postal Service from 1904 to 1947 enabled him to travel widely and build his collection. Formed mainly between 1920 and 1947, his collection of snuff bottles was offered in a series of sales at Christie's London in the 1970s. See a plain agate snuff bottle of similar shape, Qing dynasty, in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis (acc.no.2023.94.8a,b). This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y Ф Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13. Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing