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189 Y                                                               Provenance: The Ko Family Collection of Snuff-bottles, Christie’s
A rare blanc-de-chine ‘dragon’ snuff bottle                         London, 14 June 1971, lot 102, where it is noted that this snuff
18th/19th century                                                   bottle is reputed to have been taken by the Christian General Feng
Of compressed bulbous form rising to a tall cylindrical neck,       Yuxiang’s army from the tomb of the Dowager Empress Cixi, and
extremely delicately modelled in high relief with at least seven    purchased in Beijing between 1922 and 1925.
writhing dragons around the body, coral stopper with a green glass
finial.                                                             A European private collection and thence by descent
4.9cm (2in) high (2).
£4,000 - 6,000                                                      來源:《The Ko Family Collection of Snuff-bottles》,倫敦佳士
HK$47,000 - 71,000 CNY38,000 - 56,000                               得,1971年6月14日,拍品編號102,此拍品相信由基督將軍馮玉祥
                                                                    的軍隊從慈禧太后的陵墓取得,後來又於1922至1925年間售出。
十八/十九世紀 德化白瓷浮雕龍紋鼻煙壺
                                                                    歐洲私人收藏,並由家族繼承下去

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