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A CARVED CORAL BOTTLE
1840-1920
Of tall, slightly flattened cylindrical form, deeply carved in relief with a continuous scene of female immortals, one holding a basket of ripe peaches and waving a palm frond, the other plying a small boat in a river, stopper
2 13/16in. (7.1cm.) high
1840-1920
Of tall, slightly flattened cylindrical form, deeply carved in relief with a continuous scene of female immortals, one holding a basket of ripe peaches and waving a palm frond, the other plying a small boat in a river, stopper
2 13/16in. (7.1cm.) high
Provenance
Hilda Somers Collection, acquired prior to 1952.
Literature
Chinese Snuff Bottles, Taipei Gallery, New York, October 1993, p. 7.
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Notice Regarding the Sale of Ivory and Tortoiseshell
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