Lot 34
  • 34

A BLACK CRYSTAL 'LANDSCAPE' SNUFF BOTTLE THE RUSTIC CRYSTAL MASTER, QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 HKD
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Description

  • Crystal

Provenance

Collection of Kurt Graf Blucher von Wahlstatt, Count Blucher.
Hugh M. Moss Ltd.
Heflene Collection.
Hugh M. Moss Ltd., 1993.

Literature

Hugh Moss, Chinese Snuff Bottles of the Silica or Quartz Group, London, 1971, p. 23, no. 41.
Hugh Moss, Snuff Bottles of China, London, 1971, no. 82.
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. 257.

Condition

Numerous natural flaws within the crystal, some built well into the design. Some small chips within the design, for example on both ring handles and in the rocks towards the base.
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