The Property of a Gentleman, Lots 363-386
A selection of nine various famille rose and enamelled snuff bottles
Late Qing Dynasty/ Republic PeriodComprising: seven cylindrical bottles, variously decorated with dragons, peaches, birds, carps, flowers and antiques and one with a narrative scene of sea creatures staging a military attack on a fortified citadel, stoppers, one coral; a bottle with figures on a terrace, and a 'Wu Shuangpu' bottle. The tallest: 10.2cm (4 in) high (17).
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Provenance: an English private collection, and thence by descent