A STRIPED LACQUER AND AN INLAID ‘WOOD AND HORN’ CHILONG SNUFF BOTTLE
A STRIPED LACQUER AND AN INLAID ‘WOOD AND HORN’ CHILONG SNUFF BOTTLE
Lacquer, wood and horn
China, 20th century
The striped lacquer bottle of melon shape with a matching stopper. The wood snuff bottle with an attractive grain, inlaid with horn chilong with trifurcated tails. The reverse with an inscription in seal script.
Dimensions: HEIGHT (with stopper) 6.8 - 7.5 CM
Condition: Both in good condition
Provenance: French private collection, formerly collection of John Ault – known for the publication on snuff bottles from Robert Kleiner: ‘Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of John Ault’ (1990)