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A CARVED AMBER SNUFF BOTTLE
1800-1850

The fattened bottle is carved in relief on one side with a scholar seated at a table reading
below a pine tree as his attendant heats a teapot to the side. The reverse is carved with four
boys at play around a tree.
2º in. (5.6 cm.) high, mother-of-pearl stopper

$1,500-2,500

PROVENANCE:

Albert Pyke Collection, Los Angeles, California.
The Reif Collection; Christie’s New York, 18 October 1993, lot 89 (part).
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1494.

1800-1850年 琥珀雕松下高士圖鼻煙壺

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