Property from an Important American Private Collection
Three carnelian snuff bottles, Qing dynasty | 清 南紅瑪瑙鼻烟壺一組三件
Lot Closed
September 28, 03:27 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Three carnelian snuff bottles
Qing dynasty
清 南紅瑪瑙鼻烟壺一組三件
comprising a small 'lingzhi' snuff bottle; a plain ovoid snuff bottle; and a snuff bottle with openwork 'bamboo and phoenix' handles, stoppers (6)
Height of tallest 2¼ in., 5.6 cm
The 'lingzhi' snuff bottle:
Collection of Mrs. Harry Hawes (1879-1952).
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 8th-9th May 1942, lot 243 (part lot).
Collection of Maud Wyeth Painter (1885-1971), and thence by descent.
The plain ovoid snuff bottle:
West Coast Private Collection.
Bonhams San Francisco, 24th February 2013, lot 5559 (part lot).
The 'bamboo and phoenix' snuff bottle:
Collection of Kenyon V. Painter, Sr. (1867-1940) and Maud Wyeth Painter (1885-1971), and thence by descent.
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