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Lot Essay
For one other similar bottle see Chinese Snuff Bottles & Dishes from the Bob C. Stevens Collection, Mikimoto, Tokyo, Catalogue, 1978, no. 268 and sold at Sotheby's, New York, 25 June 1982, lot 143. It was subsequently sold at Sotheby's, Hong Kong, The Eric Young Collection, Part IV, 28 October 1993, lot 1103.
For another example of the rare type, see Bob C. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, Tokyo, 1976, pp. 174-175, no. 679, and sold at Sotheby's, Honolulu, 7 November 1981, lot 140.
For another example of the rare type, see Bob C. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, Tokyo, 1976, pp. 174-175, no. 679, and sold at Sotheby's, Honolulu, 7 November 1981, lot 140.