A group of three rock crystal snuff bottles
1880-1960
The first of flattened globular form with a wide, flat rim to the cylindrical neck, animal head and mock ring handles to the shoulders, fish swimming amid water weeds reversed by a ribboned scroll and artemisia leaf cluster above the oval foot ring; the second of flattened oval form with wide, flat rim to the cylindrical neck and incised orchid and ribboned book decorating the walls above the oval foot (chipped); the third of rectangular form with sloping shoulders below the cylindrical neck finished with a wide, flat rim, the shoulder carved with mock animal head and loose ring handles and finished with an oval foot ring.
2 3/8 to 3in (6 to 7.5cm) high
The first of flattened globular form with a wide, flat rim to the cylindrical neck, animal head and mock ring handles to the shoulders, fish swimming amid water weeds reversed by a ribboned scroll and artemisia leaf cluster above the oval foot ring; the second of flattened oval form with wide, flat rim to the cylindrical neck and incised orchid and ribboned book decorating the walls above the oval foot (chipped); the third of rectangular form with sloping shoulders below the cylindrical neck finished with a wide, flat rim, the shoulder carved with mock animal head and loose ring handles and finished with an oval foot ring.
2 3/8 to 3in (6 to 7.5cm) high
Sold for
US$ 6,250
inc. premium
Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art
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