Lot 20
  • 20

AN INSCRIBED YIXING STONEWARE ‘BAMBOO STEM’ SNUFF BOTTLE SIGNED GAO JINYUAN, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

Estimate
80,000 - 100,000 HKD
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Description

  • ceramic

Provenance

Ko Collection, acquired in Shanghai, 1934.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., 1998.

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. 1463.

Condition

Fine lines around the base of the neck joining the bottle. Some scratches in the stone wear on one main face.
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