PRINTCompare with an amber snuff bottle with a continuous design of figures under luscious pine, illustrated in Chinese snuff bottles. From the collection of the Rt.Hon. The marquess of Exeter . Hugh Moss ltd. London, 1974, pl.0.39, pp.16-17.
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9038
AN AMBER 'SCHOLARS AMIDST PINE' SNUFF BOTTLE
QING DYNASTY |
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Of compressed globular form resting on a wide protruding footrim below the cylindrical neck, carved on one side with a maiden dressed with a loose robe and a flowing ribbon holding a fan beside a flittering butterfly, the reverse depicting a sage holding a staff in one hand, next to his attendant below a bird amidst a luscious pine forest. |
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Estimate
120,000 - 200,000 469,000 - 781,000 15,500 - 25,800
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Compare with an amber snuff bottle with a continuous design of figures under luscious pine, illustrated in Chinese snuff bottles. From the collection of the Rt.Hon. The marquess of Exeter . Hugh Moss ltd. London, 1974, pl.0.39, pp.16-17.