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49 - AN INSCRIBED CARVED BLUE OVERLAY ON WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE YANGZHOU, 1840-1900
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AN INSCRIBED CARVED BLUE OVERLAY ON WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE YANGZHOU, 1840-1900 To Be Sold Without Reserve Carved to one side with a scene of a cat seated on a rock gazing at three butterflies in flight, beside a jardiniere containing irises, the other side with classical antiques, including a vase of prunus, a teapot and two birds pecking at millet, a four-character inscription reads: sui sui ping an 歲歲平安 (Be Safe and Well Every Year) Height 6.1cm Provenance: Sotheby’s New York, Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 1st-2nd December 1992, lot 394, (a copy of the original invoice available) Ω This Lot was imported from outside of the UK, under the Temporary Admission regime 5% import VAT will be charged on the ‘hammer” and 20% VAT will be charged on the ‘buyer’s premium
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Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Robert G. Piper: All Bottles To Be Sold Without ReserveAuction house
Alastair Gibson Auctions +44 7 83 16 45 468 info@alastairgibsonauctions.comDelivery is optional. You can use the carrier of your choice. The stated price does not include the lot price or the auction house fees.