A conjoined twin double-gourd gilt-bronze and cloisonné-enamelled snuff bottle Late Qing dynasty / Republican period
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A conjoined twin double-gourd gilt-bronze and cloisonné-enamelled snuff bottle
Late Qing dynasty / Republican period
Joined at the upper and lower torso, each curvaceous body with intense leafy C-scrolls issuing from stylised lotus blossoms under a band of ruyi heads, all enamelled in various colours of white, yellow, red, pink and green on a rich blue ground.
5.2cm high.
Sold for HK$ 12,500 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • 晚清 / 民國 銅胎掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮花紋雙連葫蘆形鼻煙壺

    Provenance 來源:
    Christie's London, 15 July 1981, lot 311
    Collection of Jacqueline Sheldon

Lot heading

Snuff bottles from the collection of Jacqueline Sheldon (neé Anisfeld), purchased at London auctions in the 1970s under the guidance of Hans Goldsteinher (lots 201-212)

Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art

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