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PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR (LOTS 538 AND 539)
A COLLECTION OF SIX CARVED BISCUIT PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES
19TH-20TH CENTURY
Details
A COLLECTION OF SIX CARVED BISCUIT PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES
19TH-20TH CENTURY
The snuff bottles are of varying shape and they are carved with a monkey in a pine tree; a scholar with two geese; a pair of cranes in a garden landscape; and three others are variously decorated with birds. The bases with maker's mark Chen Guo Zhi.
The largest 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) high, box
19TH-20TH CENTURY
The snuff bottles are of varying shape and they are carved with a monkey in a pine tree; a scholar with two geese; a pair of cranes in a garden landscape; and three others are variously decorated with birds. The bases with maker's mark Chen Guo Zhi.
The largest 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) high, box
Provenance
Purchased by the Norwegian ambassador to China from a collector in the 1920s-1940s.