Snuff Bottles From A German Private Collection
Snuff Bottles From A German Private Collection
A Black Stone Carved 'Spanish Coin' Snuff Bottle Qing Dynasty, 18th - 19th Century | 清十八至十九世紀 黑石浮雕西班牙錢幣圖鼻煙壺
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February 10, 02:49 AM GMT
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A Black Stone Carved 'Spanish Coin' Snuff Bottle
Qing Dynasty, 18th - 19th Century
清十八至十九世紀 黑石浮雕西班牙錢幣圖鼻煙壺
with agate stopper
h. 5.2 cm
Charles III was the King of Spain and the Spanish Indies from 1759 to 1788. See a rock-crystal snuff bottle carved with similar design of the coin from the Mary and George Bloch Collection, illustrated by Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol. 2: Quartz, Hong Kong, 1998, p. 154, no. 238, and sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 27th May 2012, lot 104.