Property from the Collection of Mrs. Fay Plohn
Two snuff bottles
The first a nephrite bottle of rounded rectangular form with a wide, flat rim to the cylindrical neck and raised on an oval foot rim with a concave base, the translucent pale green matrix with opaque off-white inclusions and shading into dark gray with a fine speckle pattern; the second a pale white stone carved in the shape of a moon flask with a concave rim and oval foot ring, each side with gilt-filled incised foliate or bird-and-flower design.
2 1/2 and 1 7/8in (6.5 and 4.9cm) high
2 1/2 and 1 7/8in (6.5 and 4.9cm) high
Sold for
US$ 625
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance:
Florence Ueltzen, Fu-Ming-Fair, 1969
Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art
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