Asian Art - 14th November 2017

Lot 231

TWO CHINESE HARDSTONE SNUFF BOTTLES 19TH CENTURY One carnelian-agate

Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £450

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TWO CHINESE HARDSTONE SNUFF BOTTLES

19TH CENTURY

One carnelian-agate, carved in high relief with a hawk perched on a fruiting peach branch, and with a tassle-tied scroll and a ruyi sceptre to the reverse, the other as a double gourd, with irregular markings to the stone, 5.8cm. (2)