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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 pair of dragons; a tiger crouching beside a pine tree; a sheep and her young; and three others are variously decorated with birds. The bases with maker's mark Chen Guo Zhi.
The largest 3 ¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high, box
19TH-20TH CENTURY
The snuff bottles are of varying shape and they are carved with a pair of dragons; a tiger crouching beside a pine tree; a sheep and her young; and three others are variously decorated with birds. The bases with maker's mark Chen Guo Zhi.
The largest 3 ¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high, box
Provenance
Purchased by the Norwegian ambassador to China from a collector in the 1920s-1940s.