A carved chalcedony 'fish, ducks and lotus' snuff bottle Qing dynasty
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A carved chalcedony 'fish, ducks and lotus' snuff bottle
Qing dynasty
Of compressed spherical form, carved one side with a pair of Mandarin ducks swimming amongst lotus leaves, the other side with a carp feasting on a lotus stem, sold with original auction catalogue.
5.3cm high.
Sold for HK$ 7,500 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • 清 瑪瑙雕荷塘水鴨鼻煙壺

    Provenance 來源:
    Collection of F.W.A. Knight
    Sotheby's London, 9 June 1981, lot 46
    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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