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1027
A duanstone snuff bottle with phoenix and inscription
1750-1820
Of elongated spade form, with a short cylindrical neck, flat lip and foot, carved in low relief to
one side with a strutting phoenix atop of rocks under cloud scrolls, the reverse with a four-
column inscription in running script heightened in gold.
2 11/16in (6.9cm) high
$2,500 - 4,000

Provenance
Robert Kleiner, August 1997

端石刻鳳凰文字鼻煙壺

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