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A carved coral snuff bottle A carved jasper snuff bottle
1820-1920 1750-1860
Of tapering rectangular form with a short neck, flat lip, oval foot ring, Of rounded square form, with a cylindrical neck, flat lip, slightly
carved in high relief to the front and reverse with two Daoist immortals, spreading oval foot ring, cleverly utilizing the cinnabar-red
representing Li Tieguai and He Xianggu respectively, framed by either markings in the olive-green stone, carved in relief with fish
a pine or a plantain tree on the narrow sides. swimming in a lotus pond.
1 11/16in (6.9cm) high 2in (5.1cm) high
$2,000 - 3,000 $2,500 - 4,000
Provenance Provenance
Sotheby’s, New York, March 2002, lot 106 Asiantiques
Blanche Exstein acquired New York Armory show, 25 September 1994
Hilda Summers collection, acquired prior to 1952
碧石刻蓮塘游魚鼻煙壺
珊瑚刻八仙人物鼻煙壺
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