Lot 176
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AN ENAMELLED YIXING STONEWARE ‘MELON’ SNUFF BOTTLE QING DYNASTY, LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 HKD
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Description

  • ceramic

Provenance

Yuan Feng Co., Hong Kong, 1978.
Collection of Gerd Lester.

Exhibited

Robert Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London, 1987, cat. no. 242.
Kleine Schätze aus China. Snuff bottles—Sammlung von Mary und George Bloch erstmals in Österreich, Creditanstalt, Vienna, 1993.

Literature

Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol. 6, Hong Kong, 2007, no. 1452.

Condition

Some wear to the enamels from use. Otherwise, good condition.
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