Chinese agate snuff bottle. late Qing period, the spinach ja...

Hammer

£140

Chinese agate snuff bottle. late Qing period, the spinach jade domed cover over a polished agate bottle, H5.3cm.

Provenance - From the collection of Hugh Edward Richardson CIE OBE FBA (22 December 1905 – 3 December 2000), an Indian Civil Service officer, British diplomat and Tibetologist. His academic work focused on the history of the Tibetan empire, and in particular on epigraphy. He was among the last Europeans to have known Tibet and its society before the Chinese invasions which began in 1950.