Lot 77
77
TABATIERE EN PORCELAINE POLYCHROME
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TABATIERE EN PORCELAINE POLYCHROME

CHINE, FIN DU XIXEME-DEBUT DU XXEME SIECLE

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TABATIERE EN PORCELAINE POLYCHROME
CHINE, FIN DU XIXEME-DEBUT DU XXEME SIECLE
Emaillée brun, vert et aubergine, en forme d'écureuil au pelage finement incisé, agrippé à une feuille de vigne, le bouchon en verre
Longueur avec le bouchon: 7,2 cm. (2 7/8 in.)
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A MOLDED AND POLYCHROME-ENAMELLED SQUIRREL-FORM PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE CHINA, LATE 19TH CENTURY/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Lot Essay

Compare with another earlier polychrome-enamelled squirrel bottle illustrated by Moss, Graham, Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle. The J & J Collection, p.409, pl.244.
See also another example from the Blanche B. Exstein Collection, sold in our New York Rooms, 21 March 2002, lot 59.

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