Goldfish Pond

1740-1860
Height: 5.85 cm
Mouth/lip: .82/2.25 cm
Stopper: aquamarine; gilt-silver collar

Provenance:
Stallion Hill Gallery, Connecticut, 21 October 2012, lot 550
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd.

 

Translucent and opaque, brown and green dendritic agate; with a concave lip and recessed, flat oval foot surrounded by a protruding, flat oval footrim; the natural markings open to interpretation as goldfish in a weed-filled pond.