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Alastair Gibson Auctions

170 - A WHITE-GLAZED ‘INDIAN LOTUS’ PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE 1780-1860

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Estimation

£500 - 700 (€590 - 840)

Sale fees

31.8%

A WHITE-GLAZED ‘INDIAN LOTUS’ PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE 1780-1860 To Be Sold Without Reserve Of slender tapered cylindrical form, incised with a delicate trellis of Indian lotus borne on vertically undulating stems below a ruyi-head collar, unglazed foot rim, convex glazed base Height: 6.8cm Provenance: Nils Nessim, Stockholm, 28th November 1969, lot 192, (copy of the invoice available) Guo’an Collection (Anne Kreuger) Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 30th October 2000, lot 721 Hugh Moss, (HK) Ltd, 15th November 2000, (a copy of the original invoice available) Ω This Lot was imported outside of the UK, under the Temporary Admission scheme. 5% import VAT will be charged on the ‘hammer’ price and 20% VAT will be charged on the ‘buyer’s premium’. If proof of export outside of the UK can be provided for this item within 3 months of the sale date, then the VAT can be refunded. Please contact us for further details and shipping advice

Auction details

Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Robert G. Piper: All Bottles To Be Sold Without Reserve
Saturday, November 7
12:00 PM
East Brabourne
TN25 5LR Kent, United Kingdom

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Alastair Gibson Auctions +44 7 83 16 45 468 info@alastairgibsonauctions.com
On Drouot for 2 years avec More than 1,000 lots published

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