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Three snuff bottles fitted in a mother-of-pearl inlaid lacquer box The bottles; 20th century (5) image 1
Three snuff bottles fitted in a mother-of-pearl inlaid lacquer box The bottles; 20th century (5) image 2
SNUFF BOTTLES
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Lot 114

Three snuff bottles fitted in a mother-of-pearl inlaid lacquer box
The bottles; 20th century

13 – 23 October 2020, 12:00 PDT
Los Angeles

US$1,200 - US$1,800

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Three snuff bottles fitted in a mother-of-pearl inlaid lacquer box

The bottles; 20th century
Including two agate bottles, one carved with gold fish and chrysanthemum on the main sides, separated by a pair of fixed lion mask-and-ring handles above rock formations, the other utilizing the various color inclusions in the gray stone, carved with a figure carrying a box to one side, the verso portraying Wu Song trying to subdue a tiger with his stick; the third a spinach jade bottle carved in relief to each broad side with bamboo and a pine tree, and flanked by a pair of faux lion masks-and-ring handles; all fitted in a brocade silk-lined cushion, encased with a hinged, black lacquered box with mother-of-pearl inlaid Fu Lu Shou figures, further wrapped by custom cut brocade silk.
2 to 2 3/8in (5.1 to 6cm) height of bottles
6 3/4 x 12 1/4 x 2 1/2in (17.2 x 31.2 x 6.4cm) dimensions of lacquer box
(5).

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