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A GLASS CICADA-FORM SNUFF BOTTLE QING DYNASTY, 18TH – 19TH CENTURY |
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 HKD
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Description
- 5.3 cm, 2 1/8 in.
Provenance
Y.F. Yang, Hong Kong, 28th April 1972 (HK$600).
Catalogue Note
Another snuff bottle of this distinctive form, but carved from rock-crystal, illustrated in Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol. 2, Hong Kong, 2002, no. 343, was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 27th May 2012, lot 50.