Lot 55
  • 55

A CRYSTAL 'WINTER LANDSCAPE' SNUFF BOTTLE QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 HKD
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Description

  • crystal

Provenance

Robert Hall, 1993.

Literature

Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol. 2, Hong Kong, 1998, no. 255.

Condition

Barely perceptible flake from the inner lip and a minute chip from the outer footrim. A natural icy flaw in the neck leaves a fine line across the lip. One tiny chip in the grassy outcrop on the bottom right near the base.
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