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PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR (LOTS 538 AND 539)

歐洲私人珍藏,由挪威大使於1920年代至1940年代購入 (拍品第538及539號)

                                                                                                               538

538                                                                                                                 PROVENANCE:

A COLLECTION OF SIX CARVED BISCUIT PORCELAIN SNUFF                                                                  Purchased by the Norwegian ambassador to China from a collector in the
BOTTLES                                                                                                             1920s-1940s.
19TH-20TH CENTURY
                                                                                                                    十九/二十世紀 白釉雕瓷鼻煙壺一組六件
The snuf bottles are of varying shape and they are carved with a monkey in a
pine tree; a scholar with two geese; a pair of cranes in a garden landscape; and
three others are variously decorated with birds. The bases with maker’s mark
Chen Guo Zhi.
The largest 3¬ in. (9.2 cm.) high, box

                                                                                                          (6)

£2,000-3,000  $2,900-4,300
              €2,600-3,800

              539

539                                                                                                                 PROVENANCE:

A COLLECTION OF SIX CARVED BISCUIT PORCELAIN SNUFF                                                                  Purchased by the Norwegian ambassador to China from a collector in the
BOTTLES                                                                                                             1920s-1940s.
19TH-20TH CENTURY
                                                                                                                    十九/二十世紀 白釉雕瓷鼻煙壺一組六件
The snuf bottles are of varying shape and they are carved with a pair of
dragons; a tiger crouching beside a pine tree; a sheep and her young; and three
others are variously decorated with birds. The bases with maker’s mark Chen
Guo Zhi.
The largest 3æ in. (9.5 cm.) high, box

                                                                                                          (6)

£2,000-3,000  $2,900-4,300
              €2,600-3,800

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