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Lot 1186Y
A painted ivory snuff bottle Late Qing/Republic Period
28 July 2009, 10:00 PDT
San FranciscoSold for US$488 inc. premium
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Late Qing/Republic Period
Probably made in Japan for the Chinese market, carved in the shape of a boy holding a lotus branch in one hand, a handled vase in the other, his flower petal-decorated hat forming the stopper; some details heightened with gilt and polychrome pigment; the base bearing Qianlong nian zhi mark.
6.4cm high
Probably made in Japan for the Chinese market, carved in the shape of a boy holding a lotus branch in one hand, a handled vase in the other, his flower petal-decorated hat forming the stopper; some details heightened with gilt and polychrome pigment; the base bearing Qianlong nian zhi mark.
6.4cm high
Footnotes
Provenance: formerly in the collection of Harriet Hamilton, a decendent of Claus Spreckels
Published & Illustrated: Hamilton, Harriet Halbrook, Oriental Snuff Bottles, Palo Alto, Mayfield Pub., 1977, p. 13, no. O-68














