Sale 8377
London, South Kensington
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13 May 1999
Price realised
GBP 288
Estimate
A Chinese coral snuff bottle carved with a snail to the foot -- 2.5/8in. (6.7cm) high, stopper; and another carved with a three legged toad -- 2in. (5.7cm) high, stopper, 19th/20th Century. (2)
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