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           AN ENAMELED YIXING SNUFF BOTTLE
           1840-1880
           Of flattened ovoid form, the shoulders rising to a cylindrical neck, one
           face painted with a magpie in a plum tree, the other with a butterfly
           fluttering above a peony bush, all against a blue enamel ground, the
           flat lip and base of the oval foot ring revealing the dark brown body, the
           foot enameled turquoise.
           2 1/4in (5.5cm) high
           $5,000 - 7,000
           1840-1880年 紫砂加彩喜鵲花蝶紋鼻煙壺

           Provenance
           Eldred’s Auction, Massachusetts, 1998
           139
           A LAPIS LAZULI SNUFF BOTTLE
           1800-1900
           Of flattened oval form, surmounted by a short tubular neck with flat
           lip, all supported on an oval foot ring, the deep blue stone with lighter
           striations and white inclusions suffused with pyrite.
           2 3/8in (5.7cm) high
           $1,000 - 2,000
           1800-1900年 青金石光素鼻煙壺

           Provenance
           Eldred’s Auction, Massachusetts, 23 August 2003, lot 197

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