Lot 1
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A BLACK AND WHITE JADE ‘ELEPHANT’ SNUFF BOTTLE QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 HKD
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Description

  • Jade
together with a watercolour illustration by Peter Suart

Provenance

Hugh M. Moss Ltd., Hong Kong, 1987.

Exhibited

Musée de la Miniature, Montelimar, 2000.

Literature

Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol. 1, Hong Kong, 1996, no. 15.

Condition

There is a minute chip to the inner lip of the mouth. General surface wear to the body, otherwise good condition.
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