An enamel snuff bottle
Estimate $1,000 – $1,500
brightly enamelled on either side with a maiden seated on rockwork watching a small boy in a lakeside garden, below a ruyi-head border, the base painted in blue enamel with an apocryphal four-character seal mark of Qianlong, stopper
5 cm high
- Lot Sold $2,200 (Hammer Price)
- $2,684 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Condition Report
Painted decoration in good order and free from chips or cracks. Tarnishing to metal mounts. Seal mark clear.
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Guy CairnduffHead Arts & DesignMelbourne T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 E: Guy Cairnduff |
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Geoffrey SmithChairman Australian & International ArtMelbourne | Sydney T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Geoffrey Smith |
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Ann RobertsSpecialist Consultant, Asian Art Arts & DesignMelbourne T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 E: Ann Roberts |
Anthony HurlSpecialist Consultant Arts & DesignAdelaide T: +61 (0)8 7225 7836 E: Anthony Hur |
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Brett BallardSenior Specialist Australian & International ArtSydney T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Brett Ballard |
Fiona HaywardSenior Specialist Australian & International ArtMelbourne T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 E: Fiona Hayward |
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