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A ROCK CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE                                                         A SMOKY CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE AND A ROCK CRYSTAL
18TH-19TH CENTURY                                                                   SNUFF BOTTLE
                                                                                    19TH CENTURY
The well-hollowed bottle is carved allover in low relief with an interlocking
cash pattern.                                                                       The smoky quartz bottle is carved through the russet skin with two birds in a
2º in. (5.8 cm.) high, stopper                                                      lotus pond. The rock crystal bottle is carved through the russet skin one one
                                                                                    side with a fowering chrysanthemum, the reverse is incised with prunus and
£2,000-3,000                                                  $2,900-4,300          bamboo.
                                                              €2,600-3,800          The larger 2º in. (5.7 cm.) high, two stoppers

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PROVENANCE:                                                                         £500-700                                                      $720-1,000
                                                                                                                                                   €630-880
From the Collection of the Duchess of Roxburghe (1878-1937).
                                                                                    PROVENANCE:
清十八/十九世紀 水晶鼻煙壺
來源:Duchess of Roxburghe舊藏                                                           From the Collection of the Duchess of Roxburghe (1878-1937).

                                                                                    清十九世紀 茶晶鼻煙壺及水晶鼻煙壺一組兩件
                                                                                    來源:Duchess of Roxburghe舊藏

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