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CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XIXEME SIECLE
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CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XIXEME SIECLE
Shaped as a melon, the bottle is carved with a butterfly flying besides a flowering branch, and the reverse is decorated with a badger (huan) holding a stem of a melon in its mouth. The jadeite stopper is carved as a cicada.
3 in. (7.5 cm.) high, including stopper
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XIXEME SIECLE
Shaped as a melon, the bottle is carved with a butterfly flying besides a flowering branch, and the reverse is decorated with a badger (huan) holding a stem of a melon in its mouth. The jadeite stopper is carved as a cicada.
3 in. (7.5 cm.) high, including stopper
Provenance
The Professor Marcel Van Eyck Collection of Chinese snuff bottles (1910-1933), acquired in Shanghai in 1965.
Special notice
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.
Further details
A CORAL SNUFF BOTTLE
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
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