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A rock crystal ‘goldfish’ snuff bottle                                   A rock crystal ‘double carp’ snuff bottle
19th century                                                             18th/19th century
The translucent flattened bottle well-hollowed and supported on a broad  The clear and transparent material smoothly and engagingly carved as
footrim, carved in high relief with three vivid goldfish swimming above  two circling carp with their mouth forming the bottle spouts, coral and
seaweed, the reverse carved in low relief to depict a gnarled pine tree  agate stoppers in the form of a toad.
growing on jagged rockwork below scrolling clouds, carnelian stopper.    7.7cm (3).
7.6cm (3in) high                                                         £4,000 - 6,000
£3,000 - 5,000                                                           HK$47,000 - 71,000 CNY38,000 - 56,000
HK$35,000 - 59,000 CNY28,000 - 47,000
                                                                         十八/十九世紀 水晶雕雙鯉魚形鼻煙壺
十九世紀 水晶雕金魚紋鼻煙壺
                                                                         Provenance: A European private collection and thence by descent
Provenance: A European private collection and thence by descent
                                                                         來源:歐洲私人收藏,並由家族繼承下去
來源:歐洲私人收藏,並由家族繼承下去

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