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19TH/20TH CENTURY
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A CHINESE AMETHYST SNUFF BOTTLE AND A CHINESE TOURMALINE SNUFF BOTTLE
19TH/20TH CENTURY
The first, carved in the form of a double gourd encircled by bats, the stone of a purple tone lightening towards the rim; the second of flattened ovoid form carved with birds amongst trees
The taller, 2? in. (5.5 cm.) high, stopper
19TH/20TH CENTURY
The first, carved in the form of a double gourd encircled by bats, the stone of a purple tone lightening towards the rim; the second of flattened ovoid form carved with birds amongst trees
The taller, 2? in. (5.5 cm.) high, stopper
Provenance
Formerly in a Far Eastern Private Collection
The first: Sotheby's New York, 6 April 1990, lot 181
The first: Sotheby's New York, 6 April 1990, lot 181
Exhibited
An Imperial Qing Tradition, Exhibition of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Phoenix Art Museum, 15 February - 15 April 1995, catalogue no. 106?
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