Sale 3509
Paris
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12 June 2012
Price realised
EUR 6,250
Estimate
QUATRE TABATIERES CHINE, XIXEME ET XXEME SIECLE Comprenant une tabatière en jade vert, une autre en malachite en forme de melon, la troisième en jaspe à décor de poèmes incisés, la dernière en pierre verte ornée du caractère shuang xi 'double bonheur' Hauteurs: de 3,8 cm. (1½ in.) à 6,2 cm. (2 3/8 in.) (4)
Provenance
Property from an important private European collection Acquired at Spink & Son Ltd, London, 8 December 1960
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