A CHINESE AGATE FISH SNUFF BOTTLE

A CHINESE AGATE FISH SNUFF BOTTLE
19TH CENTURY

Formed as two scaly fish joined at the belly, their curved tails overlapping, the interiors very well-hollowed, 5.8cm.

Purchased from Bonhams New York, 17th March 2014, lot 8052.

十九世紀 瑪瑙掉雙魚鼻煙壺
來源：紐約邦瀚斯2014年3月17日·編號8052。

For a very similar example, see Hughes, The Blair Bequest, Chinese Snuff Bottles From the Princeton University Art Museum, no. 46, where the author notes that while double fish bottles are not uncommon, the form in chalcedony is relatively rare.