Asian Art II - Part Two - 23rd May 2024
Lot 1039
A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE SNUFF BOTTLE
Estimate £600 - £1,000 | Hammer £9450
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Description
A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE SNUFF BOTTLE
GUANGXU 1875-1908
Decorated with three Pekinese in a landscape beneath the 'Three Friends of Winter', each dog depicted with its name, the shoulder inscribed sanyou tu with two seals, the underside inscribed Guanxu xin mao Suyun Daoren zhi sanyou tu, the articulated gilt-metal stopper with a writhing dragon, 11.3cm.
Provenance: from the collection of James Haydock Esq. and thence by descent.