Asian Art II - 19th May 2026
Lot 252
λ TWO CHINESE MOTHER OF PEARL SNUFF BOTTLES
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £229
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Description
λ TWO CHINESE MOTHER OF PEARL SNUFF BOTTLES
19TH AND 20TH CENTURY
6cm max. (2)
The larger bottle together with a copy of an approbation note from John Sparks Ltd, dated 18th June 1965.
The larger bottle carved to one side with two bats and a three-legged toad, the other side carved with two birds sitting on prunus branches, the other bottle carved with a mythical beast to one side and two birds sitting on prunus branches to the other, all within geometric borders.