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A Chalcedony 'Dove and Prunus' Snuff Bottle Official School, Qing Dynasty,18th / 19th Century
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 HKD
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Description
- chalcedony; stopper: coral, pearl
of rectangular form supported on an oval footrim, carved as a cameo design in white with a dove on a luxuriant prunus branch under a half moon, all against a pale beige ground, the reverse intricately carved with a stork
Catalogue Note
For a closely related chalcedony snuff bottle carved with ducks in a lotus pond, see the example illustrated by 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. 330, and sold in these rooms, 26th November 2013, lot 125.