CHINA / 5000 YEARS
CHINA / 5000 YEARS
Property from an East Coast Private Collection
No reserve
Lot Closed
March 29, 03:07 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Three glass snuff bottles
Qing dynasty, 19th century
清十九世紀 彩料鼻煙壺一組三件
comprising two 'sandwich' glass snuff bottles and a gold-splashed dark brown glass snuff bottle, stoppers (6)
Height of tallest 2¼ in., 5.7 cm
Please note that this lot includes a stand, frame or other component made from a type of Chinese hardwood, which, if exported, will require a CITES permit to leave the United States.
敬請注意,本拍品之木座、木框或其它木部件屬瀕危野生動植物種國際貿易公約(CITES)所列木種,如出口至美國境外需申請相關CITES許可證。
Orange 'sandwich' snuff bottle:
Vanessa F. Holden, New York, April 2000.
Black 'sandwich' snuff bottle:
Collection of Gerry P. Mack (1912-1992).
Christie's South Kensington, 4th October 1999, lot 170.
Gold-splashed black snuff bottle:
Collection of Arthur Gadsby.
Robert Kleiner, London, 1992.
Collection of Rachelle R. Holden (1934-2020).
Christie's New York, 21st March 2000, lot 111.