A CARVED 'DUAN' STONE SNUFF BOTTLE QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY |

Estimate

1,500 - 2,000 USD

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Description

Height 2 1/4 in., 5.7 cm

of pear-shaped form flanked by mask handles, carved to one side with archaistic kuilong forming the character long ('dragon'), the other side with confronting kuilong, stopper (2)

Provenance

Canadian Private Collection, acquired 1970s-1990s, and thence by descent.