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9007
A RARE DOCUMENTARY LACQUER
SNUFF BOTTLE
Fuzhou, Late 19th century
Of flattened globular form with a flat lip and flat
oval foot, with a reddish brown lacquer, each
face with a carved inscription in seal script,
with a dedication in running script to Zimei
renxiong, and dated xinsi (1881).
2 3/8in (6.1cm) high

US$2,000 - 3,000

Provenance
Robert Hall, 30 April 1994

十九世紀末 福州工 棕紅漆面刻銘文鼻煙壺

9007 (two views)

9008
A CARVED JASPER SNUFF BOTTLE
1850-1930
Of spade form with a spreading neck, flat
lip, the two conforming panels on the front
and back carved with figures in a craggy
landscape against a key-fret patterned
ground, one depicting a horseman holding a
banner over his shoulder, the other featuring
two boys by a lotus pond; the brownish-red
stone displaying variated shades.
2 1/8in (5.4cm) high

US$1,200 - 1,800

Provenance
Sotheby’s Park Bernet, New York, 25 June
1982, Fine and important snuff bottles from
the collection of Bob C. Stevens, part III, Lot
125

Christie’s, 14 June 1971, The Ko family
collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, lot 135

Published
Exhibition of Chinese Snuff Bottles in the Bob
C. Stevens Collection, Mikimoto Hall, Tokyo
October, 1978, Catalogue, no. 158

1850-1930 羊肝瑪瑙刻浮雕人物鼻煙壺

9008 (two views)

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