Asian Art II - 21st May 2025
Lot 608
λ FOUR CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £605
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Description
λ FOUR CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES
19TH CENTURY
7.1cm max. (4)
WITHOUT RESERVE
本拍品不設底價。
With copies of two 1963 invoices for Dunt King and Moon Gate.
One in white and grey banded agate, another in russet and blue banded agate, the third in shadow agate with lion mask and fixed ring handles, the fourth carved in opaque honey-coloured agate in the form of a finger citron.
From an English private collection, the finger citron bottle with a copy of an invoice for Dunt King, the russet and blue agate bottle with a copy of an invoice for Moon Gate, both dated 1963.