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AN AGATE ‘COCKERELS AND PRUNUS’ SNUFF BOTTLE
Late Qing Dynasty/Republic period
Finely carved around the exterior with a scene of two cockerels with
meticulously incised plumage atop a rocky knoll beside gnarled
branches of blossoming prunus, the stone of cloudy beige-colour with
natural striations of caramel-brown. 6cm (2 3/8in) high.
£4,000 - 6,000
CNY36,000 - 53,000
清末/民國 瑪瑙雉雞牡丹題字鼻煙壺

Provenance: a distinguished Asian private collection

來源： 顯貴亞洲私人收藏
354*
AN AGATE ‘HEHE ERXIAN’ SNUFF BOTTLE
Qing Dynasty
The bottle of flattened square form with rounded sides, one side
skilfully carved with the two immortals, one seated in front of a circular
box and cover and gazing at a hovering bat, the other standing and
holding a lotus stem before a magpie, the reverse with a floral sprig,
the natural stone of semi-translucent tone with darkened russet
inclusions. 6cm (2 3/8in) high
£2,500 - 4,000
CNY22,000 - 36,000
清 瑪瑙巧雕和合二仙圖鼻煙壺

Provenance: a distinguished Asian private collection

來源： 顯貴亞洲私人收藏 354

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