Asian Art I - 21st May 2014

Lot 126

λ Two Chinese agate snuff bottles 19th century

Estimate £1,000 - £2,000 | Hammer £3800

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Description

λ Two Chinese agate snuff bottles 19th century, one carved with the Ma shang feng hou symbol of a monkey riding a horse, the other with two figures beneath a prunus branch, the horse's saddle marked with a shou character, 7.8cm. (2)

Provenance: Allan Gibson Hughes (1889-1938), of Chalfont, The Mount, Shrewsbury.