Two snuff bottles
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
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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