A PUDDINGSTONE SNUFF BOTTLE

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A PUDDINGSTONE SNUFF BOTTLE
19TH CENTURY

Of ovoid shape with raised panels on the four sides, the puddingstone with grey, russet and brown larger and smaller oval and round inclusions on a gritty pale grey ground -stopper

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Similar examples are illustrated by Bob Stevens, The Collector's Book of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Tokyo, 1976, p. 166, no. 613 and Alexander Brody, Old Wine into Old Bottles, A Collector's Commonplace Book, Hong Kong, 1993, p. 147, no. 20.

(US$4,000-4,500)

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