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           A CINNABAR LACQUER ‘CAMELLIA’ SNUFF BOTTLE        A GILT-BRONZE DRAGON SNUFF BOTTLE
           19th century                                      20th century
           Of flattened rounded form, carved with flowering camellia and garden   Of flattened square form, each main side cast with a ogival-shaped
           rocks, between pendant plantain leaves on the neck and simple   cartouche enclosing a dragon against a ‘brick’-pattened ground, the
           lappets encircling the foot.                      short sides applied with cut-out plaques of a dragon and phoenix, the
           2 3/4in (7cm) high                                neck with galleried rim flanked by a pair of frogs, the base incised neifu
                                                             jianzhi (under supervision of the inner court).
           US$2,000 - 3,000                                  1 3/4in (4.5cm) high

           十九世紀 剔紅雕茶花紋鼻煙壺                                    US$1,000 - 2,000

           Provenance                                        二十世紀 銅鎏金龍紋鼻煙壺
           Humphrey Collection, Texas
                                                             Provenance
                                                             Private San Francisco Collection







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