Sale 2414
Amsterdam
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12 May 1999
Price realised
NLG 1,287
Estimate
A figural famille rose porcelain snuff bottle Of a reclining woman, leaning her head on one hand, one leg crossed over the other, wearing a tunic above wide trousers, the hair drawn up in a knot, stopper 11 cm. high
Provenance
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Literature
A congregation of snuff bottle coinnoisseurs, Tsui Museum of Art, Catalogue, 1996, no. 112
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