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1780-1900
Details
TWO SNUFF BOTTLES AND A MEDICINE BOTTLE
1780-1900
The first, 1780-1800, is fashioned from two Tibetan coins each cast with a conch shell. The second, 1780-1800, is fashioned from a hollowed walnut set with a metal collar. The medicine bottle, 1780-1900, is formed by four rectangular hinged silver bottles, decorated in bright enamel with scenes of prunus blossoms, lotus, bamboo, and chrysanthemums and the name of the medicine on the reverse.
1¼ and, 1 5/8 in. high, and 3 3/16 in. across (2.8 and, 4.2, and 8.2 cm.), glass, metal and coral stoppers (3)
1780-1900
The first, 1780-1800, is fashioned from two Tibetan coins each cast with a conch shell. The second, 1780-1800, is fashioned from a hollowed walnut set with a metal collar. The medicine bottle, 1780-1900, is formed by four rectangular hinged silver bottles, decorated in bright enamel with scenes of prunus blossoms, lotus, bamboo, and chrysanthemums and the name of the medicine on the reverse.
1¼ and, 1 5/8 in. high, and 3 3/16 in. across (2.8 and, 4.2, and 8.2 cm.), glass, metal and coral stoppers (3)
Provenance
Coin bottle: Dave Kastan, Thailand, 1983.
Hinged enamel bottle: Joey Silver, Jerusalem (gift at the International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, Los Angeles, 1984).
Walnut bottle: Kaynes-Klitz Collection; Sotheby's Hong Kong, 16 November 1989, lot 215.
Hinged enamel bottle: Joey Silver, Jerusalem (gift at the International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, Los Angeles, 1984).
Walnut bottle: Kaynes-Klitz Collection; Sotheby's Hong Kong, 16 November 1989, lot 215.
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