Asian Art II - 21st May 2025
Lot 624
λ FOUR CHINESE HARDSTONE SNUFF BOTTLES
Estimate £800 - £1,200
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Description
λ FOUR CHINESE HARDSTONE SNUFF BOTTLES
19TH CENTURY
5.5cm max. (4)
The tourmaline bottle with a copy of a 1962 invoice for The Little Shop.
One yellow tourmaline carved with foliage and a butterfly, with a pink tourmaline stopper in the form of a monkey, with a wood stand; another agate carved with an archaistic design; a third puddingstone with russet and grey inclusions; the fourth agate with the contrasting green inclusions carved as foliage and insects.
From an English private collection, the tourmaline bottle with a copy of an invoice for The Little Shop, dated 28th May 1962.