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    The Meriem Collection Important Chinese Snuff Bottles, Part II

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    19 March 2008

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    Lot 311

    A GROUP OF NINE SNUFF BOTTLE REFERENCE BOOKS

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    USD 125

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    USD 700 - USD 900

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    A GROUP OF NINE SNUFF BOTTLE REFERENCE BOOKS
    HOLDEN, Rachelle R. Rivers and Mountains Far From the World: The Rachelle R. Holden Collection, A Personal Commentary, New York, 1994. Cloth box. LIMITED EDITION OF 826, NUMBER 364. --MOSS, Hugh M. Chinese Snuff Bottles, No's 1-4, London: Roundwood Press, 1966. --MOSS, Hugh M. Chinese Snuff Bottles, Number Five, London: Hugh M. Moss Ltd., 1969. --MOSS, Hugh M. Chinese Snuff Bottles:6, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Rt. Hon. The Marquess of Exeter, K.C.M.G., London: Hugh Moss (Publications) Ltd., 1974. --MOSS, Hugh M. Snuff Bottles of China, London: Bibelot Publishers Ltd., 1971. --MOSS, Hugh M., GRAHAM, Victor, TSANG, Ka Bo, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, two volumes, New York: Weatherhill, 1994. Cloth box. --MOSS, Hugh M., GRAHAM, Victor, TSANG, Ka Bo, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Volume 3, Stones Other than Jade and Quartz, Hong Kong, Herald International Ltd.,1998. Cloth box. LIMITED EDITION OF 1,000, NUMBER 780. --NATIONAL PALACE MUSEUM. Snuff Bottles in the Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1991.
    TAM, Laurence C.S., TSANG, Gerard C.C. Snuff Bottles of the Ch'ing Dynasty, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1978.
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