Live Auction 2682Christie's Interiors
THREE CHINESE CARVED HARDSTONE SNUFF BOTTLES,
Lot 146 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE TEXAN COLLECTION

THREE CHINESE CARVED HARDSTONE SNUFF BOTTLES,

19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY,

Closed6 March 2013

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USD 2,500

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THREE CHINESE CARVED HARDSTONE SNUFF BOTTLES,
19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY,
two melon-form bottles carved with foilage and butterflies, with one hardstone and one resin stem-form stopper; and a greenish-white jade bottle carved with a phoenix and with a glass collar and tiger's eye stopper
The largest melon-form bottle 2½in. (6.4cm.) long (3)

One melon-form and the jade bottle: Provenance: Acquired from Oriental Arts & Jewellery Co., Hong Kong, 3 November 1980.
Hong Kong Art Craft Merchant Association, certificate no. AB 68002, AB 68001, 29 October 1980.