Imperial Goose Agate

Probably imperial, possibly palace workshops, 1730–1840
Height: 6.4 cm
Mouth/lip: 0.94/2.20 cm
Stopper: glass; gilt-silver collar

Provenance:
Hugh M. Moss Ltd (1973-1976)
Frederick von Schleinitz
J. J. Lally & Co. (1996)
Hugh M. Moss Ltd (1996)
The Mary and George Bloch Collection
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 1 June 2015, lot 55

Published:
Treasury 2, no. 341

Exhibited:
Musée de la Miniature, Montelimar, 2000

Agate; very well hollowed, with a flat lip and flat foot; the material with an entirely natural design of a goose in flight with another on the ground looking upwards.