Asian Art II - 21st May 2025
Lot 634
λ A CHINESE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE
Estimate £500 - £800
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Description
λ A CHINESE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE
19TH CENTURY
5.8cm.
From an English private collection, Yorkshire, purchased from Clare Chu at Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles; previously The Chepsted Collection.
Each side moulded in relief and painted in iron-red with a fan-tailed goldfish.
Provenance: from an English private collection, Yorkshire, purchased from Clare Chu at Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles; previously The Chepsted Collection purchased from Sotheby's New York 3rd June 1992, lot 431.
Published: Edwin Palmer, The Chepsted Notebook: A Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, p.167, no. 173.