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A GROUP OF IVORY SNUFF BOTTLES A Uruguayan Private Collection.
17th/18th century and later Compare the fluted cylindrical bottle to an example, dated Shunzhi-
Comprising: three uncarved bottles, of compressed form, of varying Kangxi, in Chinese Ivories from the Kwan Collection, The Chinese
honey and milky white tones, stoppers; a fluted, floriform cylindrical University of Hong Kong, 1990, pp.248-249, no.117, and the flattened
bottle, set on four short feet; and a double gourd form pendant, globular bottles to a bottle, dated Jiaqing-Xianfeng (796-1861),
pierced through the centre, carved with blossoming prunus and illustrated in the same volume, p. 348, pl. 182.
rockwork.
The floriform bottle 7.5cm (3in) high. (8).
£600 - 800 HK$6,000 - 8,000
CNY5,200 - 6,900
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