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Lot 1187

Two overlay decorated mother-of-pearl snuff bottles
Late Qing Dynasty

28 July 2009, 10:00 PDT
San Francisco

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Two overlay decorated mother-of-pearl snuff bottles

Late Qing Dynasty
Each of flattened ovoid form with flanges along side shoulders and a low oval foot rim, with applied overlays in various colors, the first depicting a phoenix and leafy peonies on one side, reversed with two beauties, the bottom incised Qianlong nian zhi in regular script, carnelian stopper; the second decorated with an ethereal-looking beauty to one side, reverse with an egret under a pine tree next to a rock, coral stopper.
5.8cm height of each

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. 16, no. O-75, P. 128, no. O-76

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