Lot 248
18TH/19TH CENTURY
A black-overlay snuff bottle finely carved to depict a pine tree springing out of rocks with lingzhi fungus, with a clear amber red glass stopper, possibly original. Together with an exceptionally finely carved amber-overlay snuff bottle depicting a carp to one side and a crane amidst lotus and grasses.
AN AUSTRALIAN COLLECTION OF CHINESE WORKS OF ART
The black snuff bottle 6.8cm high, the amber 5.5cm high.
Estimate $1,000 - $1,500
The black-overlay bottle with no visible appearance of any faults or damage. The amber-overlay bottle with extensive shattering to the bubble-suffused body.
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Leonard Joel makes no guarantee of the originality of mechanical or applied components. Absence of reference to such modifications does not imply that a lot is free from modifications.
Asian Art
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8261
6:30pm - 8 October 2018
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141
VIEWING
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS AUCTION WILL TAKE PLACE AT 6.30PM AUSTRALIAN EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME
CONTACT
Chiara Curcio
asianart@leonardjoel.com.au
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