Asian Art - 14th November 2017
Lot 241
A CHINESE IVORY SHIELD-SHAPED SNUFF BOTTLE 19TH CENTURY With a tapering body carved with a scene...
Estimate £1,200 - £1,500
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Description
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.