An amber snuff bottle with carved basket weave pattern 1730-1840
Property of Dr. Martin Roshco
An amber snuff bottle with carved basket weave pattern
1730-1840
Of compressed globular form, with a flat lip, and a small circular foot rim surrounding a concave foot, the interior very well-hollowed, the exterior with a rounded band at the base of the neck, and an evenly carved basket weave pattern.
2 3/8in (6cm) high
Sold for US$ 64,900 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • 琥珀柳編紋鼻煙壺

    This bottle is nearly identical to the one illustrated in Robert Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles, the White Wings Collection #154, p. 222.

Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art


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