Lot 1353
  • 1353

FOUR HARDSTONE SNUFF BOTTLES QING DYNASTY |

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Height of tallest 2 1/3  in., 6 cm
the first, of chrysoprase; the second, of puddingstone; the third of turquoise; the fourth of aquamarine, relief-carved with a deer under pine, the reverse with a house in a landscape, three stoppers (7)

Provenance

The chrysoprase snuff bottle:
Sotheby’s New York, 21st January 1982, lot 167.
Hartman Galleries, Inc., 18th January 1989. The turquoise snuff bottle:
Robert Hall, London, 30th June 1990.

The aquamarine snuff bottle:
Sotheby’s New York, 6th April 1990, lot 198.