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Two (2) Chinese hardstone snuff bottles including one malachite ovoid bottle with relief carved decoration of a female figure, and fixed ring and mask handles to the body, with green glass stopper, together with one celadon colored quartz naturalistic form bottle with carved leaf decoration and conforming stopper. 2 3/8" H and 1 1/4" H. Both Late 19th/Early 20th century. Provenance: The collection of Gary Glesser of Loudon, Tennessee, by descent from his grandparents, Captain Hoyt and Rachel Holton of Toledo, Ohio. Hoyt Holton became, at age 17, the youngest captain of a Great Lakes Freighter. In the 1960s, Captain Holton participated in a 26-day Admiral Byrd Society trip replicating the explorer's famous transpolar expedition, during which he met the Pope and Soviet Premier Nikita Kruschev. Many items in the collection were brought back as souvenirs from that journey and other frequent voyages.
PROVENANCE: See description for provenance information.
CONDITION: Stopper for malachite bottle detached from cork. Stopper for quartz bottle missing spoon. Hardwood stand included with lot.
