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Peanuts anyone

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« on: April 21, 2015, 08:08:27 pm »
Dear all,
the bottle I illustrated seems to belong to a well known group of chalcedony called 'peanut agate' bottles. They are normally pebble-shaped, striated to represent jujube, with the ochre-coloured inclusions carved as peanuts (-> rebus "soon a noble son will be born").
There are examples in many published collections e.g. Au Han, Harry Ross = Moss 1971, Bloch, Claire Lawrence, Neal&Frances Hunter, White Orchid, etc.
The dating varies: Daoguang (Sothebys), 1760-1850 (Kleiner), 1780-1850 (Hall).
I'm tempted to date my example to the first half of the 19th century. It has the particularity that the reverse side shows a chiling in the same high relief.
Regards
Georges

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