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284 Y Ф Compare with a very similar ivory snuff bottle embellished with
A VERY RARE SOAPSTONE IVORY AND HARDSTONE- soapstone and mother-of-pearl, Lin Yuan mark, decorated with a
EMBELLISHED SNUFF BOTTLE similar motif of children, 1780-1880, illustrated by H.Moss, Chinese
Lin Yuan two-character seal mark, 19th century Snuff Bottles from the Collection of the Rt.Hon.The Marquess of
The soapstone bottle skilfully embellished with various hardstone inlays Exeter, K.C.M.G, London, 1974, pp.150-151, pl.M.5.
on the front and reverse with a continuous scene of three children playing
among butterflies and melons issuing from leafy tendrils, with ivory neck
and foot, surmounted by an ornate hardstone and ivory stopper.
7.1cm (2 3/4in) high (2).

£5,000 - 7,000
CNY43,000 - 61,000

十九世紀 壽山石嵌寶嬰戲圖鼻煙壺
「林園」篆書款

Provenance: D.A.Ionides collection
Christie’s London, 11-13 June 1990, lot 521 (part lot)
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 5 May 1994, lot 1360
An Asian private collection of snuff bottles

來源： D.A.Ionides舊藏
1990年6月11至13日於倫敦佳士得拍賣，拍品521號（其一）
1994年5月5日於香港蘇富比拍賣，拍品1360號
亞洲私人藏鼻煙壺珍品

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