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224 Y It is unusual to find carved hornbill snuff bottles in high relief with
A rare hornbill ‘dragon’ snuff bottle elaborate details as in the present lot. The carving on the present
19th century lot is reminiscent of the style of the ivory snuff bottles produced
The flattened ovoid body of warm orange-yellow tone elaborately during the 19th century. Compare the scrolling patterns underlying
carved in high relief with a continuous design of three ferocious the design of an ivory snuff bottle in the Mary and George Bloch
five-clawed dragons pursuing a flaming pearl cleverly using the Collection, illustrated by H.Moss, V.Graham and K.B.Tsang, in A
small area of coral-red colour, all amidst a ground of dense and Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch
intricate cloud scrolls, coral stopper. Collection, Vol.7, Hong Kong, 2009, p.485, no.1674.
6.1cm (2½in) high (2).
£8,000 - 12,000
HK$94,000 - 140,000 CNY75,000 - 110,000

十九世紀 犀鳥頭盔雕龍紋鼻煙壺

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

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