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Property from the Bentley Collection, London, United Kingdom
Lot 7201
A carved amber snuff bottle 1780-1880
23 June 2015, 10:00 PDT
San FranciscoSold for US$7,500 inc. premium
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A carved amber snuff bottle
1780-1880
Of rounded rectangular form, its neck slightly narrowing towards the subtly convex lip, rounded oval foot ring, finely carved in relief to one side with a phoenix holding a peach branch in its beak while perched on a peach tree rising behind a pierced rock, the reverse depicting a phoenix swooping down to a blooming tree and serrated rocks; the warm honey-toned matrix with crazing webs.
2 5/8in (6.7cm) high
Of rounded rectangular form, its neck slightly narrowing towards the subtly convex lip, rounded oval foot ring, finely carved in relief to one side with a phoenix holding a peach branch in its beak while perched on a peach tree rising behind a pierced rock, the reverse depicting a phoenix swooping down to a blooming tree and serrated rocks; the warm honey-toned matrix with crazing webs.
2 5/8in (6.7cm) high
Footnotes
Provenance:
the Bentley Collection, U.K.
C.Y.Tse, Hong Kong, 1987
Illustrated:
Asian Art Studio, Inc., The Bentley Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, 2008, p. 77














