Bottle ID: 231

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FOSSILIFEROUS GRAY WITH WHITE FOSSILS

Date: 1780-1860

Height: 60 mm

Limestone, well hollowed, of flattened, tapering ovoid form, with a concave oval base, the black stone with a pattern of small cylindrical and oval white fossilized inclusions.

Similar Examples:

Crane Collection no. 917
Crane Collection no. 679
Hall, Robert. Chinese Snuff Bottles XIII, 2008, no. 63.
Low, Denis S. K. Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Sanctum of Enlightened Respect III, 2007, p. 268, no. 247.
Hughes, Michael C. The Blair Bequest - Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Princeton University Art Museum, 2002, p. 84, no. 77.

Provenance:

Hugh Moss [HK] Ltd.

This is an example of a well made fossilized limestone bottle, with unusually good hollowing for this material and a subtle form, where the attention to detail is exemplified by the central convex detail on the concave foot. Although this bottle has been referred to as being made from fossilized coral, there is in fact no indication that this particular material bears any coral fossils and they seem more likely to be small organisms or even vegetable material.

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