Smith & Singer
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION NEW SOUTH WALES

Two snuff bottles Qing dynasty, 19th century

(4)

Estimate $1,000 – $1,500

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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION NEW SOUTH WALES

comprising a red overlay snuff bottle with a shaped quatrefoil medallion and mask handles in relief on the snowflake suffused ground, stopper; and a porcelain snuff bottle painted in sepia and iron-red with birds on slender leafy stems, and flowers and dragonfly on the reverse, stopper en suite, wood stands

(4)
5.4 cm high, 6.4 cm high overall

  • Lot Sold $8,500 (Hammer Price)
  • $10,370 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

P.C. Lu & Sons Ltd., Hong Kong, the glass snuff bottle, 2 October 1981; Hugh Moss, London, the porcelain snuff bottle, 1 April 1977

Condition Report

Red overlay bottle - some frits to mouth rim, the spoon missing from the stopper.
Porcelain bottle - very small chip on the edge of the side just above the foot.

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Specialists

Guy Cairnduff

Head

Arts & Design
Melbourne
T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900
E: Guy Cairnduff


Geoffrey Smith

Chairman

Australian & International Art
Melbourne  |  Sydney
T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900
T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402
E: Geoffrey Smith
  

Ann Roberts

Ann Roberts

Specialist Consultant, Asian Art

Arts & Design
Melbourne
T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900
E: Ann Roberts

Anthony Hurl

Specialist Consultant

Arts & Design
Adelaide
T: +61 (0)8 7225 7836
E: Anthony Hur
       

Brett Ballard

Brett Ballard

Senior Specialist

Australian & International Art
Sydney
T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402
E: Brett Ballard

Fiona Hayward

Fiona Hayward

Senior Specialist

Australian & International Art
Melbourne
T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900
E: Fiona Hayward

     


Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design

AU0826  |  18 Jul 2018  |  Sydney
6 pm


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