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TABATIERE EN VERRE ROUGE SCULPTE
Lot 107

TABATIERE EN VERRE ROUGE SCULPTE

CHINE, XVIIIEME-XIXEME SIECLE

Closed8 June 2010

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EUR 13,750

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TABATIERE EN VERRE ROUGE SCULPTE
CHINE, XVIIIEME-XIXEME SIECLE
De forme ovoïde aplatie, les deux faces ornées au centre du caractère shou, entouré de deux dragons kui affrontés, aux corps noueux, le bouchon en verre rehaussé d'une grenouille
Hauteur: 6,1 cm. (2 3/8 in.)

Specialist note

The subject of kui-dragons surrounding a shou (longevity) medallion was a popular Imperial subject.
Compare with a similar bottle from the B. Exstein collection, sold in our New York Rooms, 21 March 2002, lot 24