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TWO SHADOW AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

the rst of shield form, relief carved with gures manning
a boat through turbulent waves, the reverse with an o cial
racing across a bridge on horseback, the other of squared
form, relief carved with a Buddhist lion, a bat, and other
animals, with carved lion mask handles, stoppers (4)
Height of taller 2⅜ in., 6 cm

PROVENANCE
A Florida private collection.

$ 1,000-1,500

㶭⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ䐒䐁ⶏ晽滣䄁⢢ℑẞ

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HUGH MOSS, BY IMPERIAL COMMAND,
HONG KONG, 1976; AND HUGH MOSS
AND GERARD TSANG, ARTS FROM THE
SCHOLAR’S STUDIO, HONG KONG, 1986

By Imperial Command: An Introduction to Ch’Ing Imperial
Painted Enamels, no. 317 of a limited edition of 1000,
comprising two hardcover volumes, Text and Plates, a
discussion of Qing dynasty painted enamels on metal, glass,
and porcelain, in dust jackets, with board box and cover; Arts
from the Scholar’s Studio, catalogue of the sixth exhibition held
by the Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong in collaboration
with the Fung Ping Shan Museum at the University of Hong
Kong, in hardcover with dust jacket (3)

$ 2,000-3,000

1976⸜ġHUGH MOSSġ叿˪⽉墥˫⍲1986⸜ġHUGH MOSS
⍲ġGERARD TSANGġ叿˪ARTS FROM THE SCHOLAR’S
STUDIO˫

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HERBERT C. WHITE, PEKING THE
BEAUTIFUL. COMMERCIAL PRESS,
SHANGHAI, CHINA, 1927

limited First Edition, with an introduction by Hu Shih,
comprising 70 photographic plates and numerous illustrations
with descriptive and historical notes, original embroidered silk
padded pictorial boards, wood and glass display case; together
with Da Qing Di Guo Quan Tu (Complete Map of the Qing
Empire), Commercial Press, Shanghai, 1910 (3)

$ 2,000-3,000

1927⸜ġġġHERBERT C. WHITEġ叿˪䅽Ṕ⊅帇˫ġ
⍲1910⸜˪⣏㶭ⷅ⚳ℐ⚾˫

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