A STAINED WALRUS IVORY ‘GOURD’ SNUFF BOTTLE AND A SNUFF DISH QING DYNASTY, MID-18TH / MID-19TH CENTURY

well hollowed, with a flat lip and flat foot, carved on one main side with a gourd vine growing with leaves and five double gourds; the nephrite stopper with an ivory collar; together with the matching snuff dish

Acquired in Hong Kong, circa 1985.

Chinese Snuff Bottles in the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, The British Museum, London, 1995, cat. no. 349.
Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1997.

Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol. 7, Hong Kong, 2009, no. 1560.

There is some surface wear on the surface of the snuff bottle from use, otherwise it is in good condition. The snuff dish is in good condition.
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Compare another small stained walrus ivory bottle from the Bloch collection, sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 23rd November 2010, lot 120.