Lot 46
  • 46

A CHALCEDONY ‘GALLOPING BANNERMAN’ SNUFF BOTTLE OFFICIAL SCHOOL, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD

Estimate
65,000 - 85,000 HKD
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Description

  • Chalcedony

Provenance

Hugh M. Moss Ltd.
Collection of Bernice Straus Hasterlik.
Sotheby’s New York, 17th September 1996, lot 62A.
Hugh M. Moss Ltd., 1997.

Literature

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. 305.

Condition

There is a miniscule chip to the outer lip of the mouth, and other general surface wear, but otherwise good condition.
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