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166 - AN ‘IMPERIAL YELLOW’ GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE PALACE WORKSHOPS, 1780-1880
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£1,500 - 2,500 (€1,700 - 3,000)Sale fees
AN ‘IMPERIAL YELLOW’ GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE PALACE WORKSHOPS, 1780-1880 To Be Sold Without Reserve Of flattened spherical form, well hollowed, all on a neatly finished oval foot rim Height: 5.1cm Provenance: The Janos Szekeres Collection Important Chinese Snuff Bottles, Sotheby’s New York, 27th October 1986, lot 59, (original invoice available) Exhibited: New Orleans Museum of Art, October 1960 Illustrated: Journal of ICSBS, June 1975, p.13 For a similar example sold in these rooms, see The Anne Wrangham Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, 8th November 2025, lot 264 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
Auction details
Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Robert G. Piper: All Bottles To Be Sold Without ReserveAuction house
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