清十八世紀 琥珀卵石形鼻煙壺

the light-bodied bottle of irregular pebble-shaped form, the material of variegated transparent brown colour with natural yellow inclusions 

Tiny nibbles to outer mouth rim, otherwise good condition.
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可比一相類作例，錄於Hugh Moss、Victor Graham 及曾嘉寶，《A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection》，卷7，香港，2009年，編號1593。曾售香港邦瀚斯2010年5月28日，編號113。