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18TH/19TH CENTURY
Details
FIVE VARIOUS SNUFF BOTTLES
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Comprising an agate bottle, of greyish tone with banding and cusps in dark brown, coral stopper; a chalcedony bottle, of rounded square shape, the translucent smoky-beige tone with black fern-like inclusions on one side and a brown inclusions to the reverse; and three further hardstone snuff bottles
The first 2¼ in. (5.7 cm.) high, coral stopper (5)
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Comprising an agate bottle, of greyish tone with banding and cusps in dark brown, coral stopper; a chalcedony bottle, of rounded square shape, the translucent smoky-beige tone with black fern-like inclusions on one side and a brown inclusions to the reverse; and three further hardstone snuff bottles
The first 2¼ in. (5.7 cm.) high, coral stopper (5)
Provenance
The first bottle: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 29 April 1992, lot 527
The second bottle: The Ko Family Collection
Christie's London, 18 June 1973, lot 129
Joseph Baruch Silver
Christie's Swire Hong Kong, 1 October 1991, lot 1185
The second bottle: The Ko Family Collection
Christie's London, 18 June 1973, lot 129
Joseph Baruch Silver
Christie's Swire Hong Kong, 1 October 1991, lot 1185
Literature
The second bottle: Jospeh Baruch Silver, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Joseph Baruch Silver, no. 34, Silver Collection poster, 1987
Exhibited
The first and second snuff bottles: An Imperial Qing Tradition, Exhibition of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Phoenix Art Museum, 15 February - 15 April 1995, catalogue nos. 85 - 87.
The second bottle: The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1987 - 1988.
The second bottle: The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1987 - 1988.
Special notice
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