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A FACETED DUAN STONE SNUFF BOTTLE A DUAN STONE SNUFF BOTTLE
1740-1800 1760-1820
The bottle built upon a protruding foot, and finished with a cylindrical Of compressed form, with a flat lip the body carved with leafy vines
neck, flat lip, the convex body framed with octagonal panels on the and double gourds, supported by three double gourds at the foot, the
narrow side, the front centered with a reserve incised with turtle-shell stone with an even greenish cast.
patterns surrounded by the Eight Trigrams of the I Ching, the reverse 2 3/8in (6.1cm) high
with intriguing geometric designs; the fine stone of a dark chocolate
tone. US$6,000 - 8,000
2 3/8in (6cm) high
Provenance
US$5,000 - 8,000 Sotheby Parke-Bernet PB Eighty–Four, 28 May 1980, lot 57

Provenance 1760-1820 端石’福祿萬代’鼻煙壺
Hugh Moss Ltd., 8 November 1989

1740-1800 端石刻龜殼八卦紋鼻煙壺

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