Asian Art I - 21st May 2014

Lot 103

λ Eight Chinese snuff bottles 19th/20th century

Estimate £3,000 - £5,000 | Hammer £19000

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Description

λ Eight Chinese snuff bottles 19th/20th century, two in ivory, two in coral, three in lacquer and one in amber, variously decorated and carved with animals and insects, figures in mountainous pagoda landscapes and calligraphy, one formed as a gourd, two with Qianlong seal marks, 8.8cm. (8)

Provenance: from the collection of the 2nd Viscount Bearsted, and thence by descent.