Asian Art I - 23rd May 2012

Lot 202

A Chinese porcelain snuff bottle 19th century

Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £1500

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Description

A Chinese porcelain snuff bottle 19th century, in the form of Liu Hai, standing and smiling holding a string of cash and his three-legged toad, a small chip to the tip of his nose, 9.8cm. Cf. H. Moss, Chinese Snuff Bottles, 5th May 1969, p.61.