AN UNUSUAL TORTOISESHELL SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY
AN UNUSUAL TORTOISESHELL SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTYEstimate $1,000 – $1,500
- Lot Sold $1,300 (Hammer Price)
- $1,560 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
the pear shaped body well carved on either side with a portrait of a European lady in three quarters profile, both vignettes enclosed by scrolling borders and interspersed with foliate scrolls, a band of upright petals rising from the footrim and a beaded border around the waisted mouth, stopper en suite
7CM
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Tasmania