PRINTPROVENANCE:
Sotheby’s New York
Compare with a very similar overlay snuff bottle embellished with a carp, illustrated in Chinese snuff bottle , Hugh M Moss ltd, London, 1970, pl.203, p.52.
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AN OVERLAY ‘AUSPICIOUS CARPS’ SNUFF BOTTLE
19TH CENTURY |
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The semi-translucent material with a flat lip above the slightly recessed foot surrounded by a straight footrim, finely carved through the overlay with a continuous scene of multiple auspicious scaly carps protruding out of turbulent waves. |
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Estimate
12,000 - 20,000 47,000 - 78,000 1,500 - 2,600
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PROVENANCE:
Sotheby’s New York
Compare with a very similar overlay snuff bottle embellished with a carp, illustrated in Chinese snuff bottle , Hugh M Moss ltd, London, 1970, pl.203, p.52.