A CHINESE IVORY SHIELD-SHAPED SNUFF BOTTLE

19TH CENTURY

With a tapering body carved with a scene from San Guo Yan Yi, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, 7.6cm.

Provenance: from the Sir Victor Sassoon Chinese Ivories Collection, Sotheby's London 16th May 2012, 59 part lot.

Cf. S E Lucas, The Catalogue of Sassoon Chinese Ivories, Vol III, London 1950.