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1730-1970
Details
TWO CORAL SNUFF BOTTLES AND A TURQUOISE SNUFF BOTTLES
1730-1970
The turquoise bottle, 1955-1970, is carved on one side with a peony sprig emerging from rockwork. The first coral bottle, 1870-1949, is of rounded, rectangular form and finely carved with a taotie mask above a band of petal lappets encircling the base and below archaistic motifs encircling the shoulder. The original stopper is decorated en suite. The second coral bottle, 1730-1850, is converted from a pendant carved in the form of two monkeys, each seated atop a garden stool.
2 1/16 in., 1¾ in., 1½ in. (5.3 cm., 4.5 cm., and 3.9 cm.) high (3)
1730-1970
The turquoise bottle, 1955-1970, is carved on one side with a peony sprig emerging from rockwork. The first coral bottle, 1870-1949, is of rounded, rectangular form and finely carved with a taotie mask above a band of petal lappets encircling the base and below archaistic motifs encircling the shoulder. The original stopper is decorated en suite. The second coral bottle, 1730-1850, is converted from a pendant carved in the form of two monkeys, each seated atop a garden stool.
2 1/16 in., 1¾ in., 1½ in. (5.3 cm., 4.5 cm., and 3.9 cm.) high (3)
Provenance
Coral bottle with taotie masks:
Christie's East, 11 June 1997, lot 212.
Jana Volf, New York, 1997.
Turquoise bottle: Christie's East, 29 November 1988, lot 241.
Coral bottle with monkeys: Christie's South Kensington, 15 October 1987, lot 125.
Christie's East, 11 June 1997, lot 212.
Jana Volf, New York, 1997.
Turquoise bottle: Christie's East, 29 November 1988, lot 241.
Coral bottle with monkeys: Christie's South Kensington, 15 October 1987, lot 125.
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