CHINE, XVIIIEME-XIXEME SIECLE

Details

TABATIERE EN VERRE ROUGE SCULPTE
CHINE, XVIIIEME-XIXEME SIECLE
De forme ovoïde aplatie, les deux faces ornées au centre du caractère shou, entouré de deux dragons kui affrontés, aux corps noueux, le bouchon en verre rehaussé d'une grenouille
Hauteur: 6,1 cm. (2 3/8 in.)

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Further details

A CARVED RED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
CHINA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

Présenté par

Giulia Cuturi

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Descriptif du lot

The subject of kui-dragons surrounding a shou (longevity) medallion was a popular Imperial subject.
Compare with a similar bottle from the B. Exstein collection, sold in our New York Rooms, 21 March 2002, lot 24

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