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180 - A TURQUOISE-GLAZED MOULDED PORCELAIN ‘DRAGON AND PHOENIX’ SNUFF BOTTLE 1796-1820
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£2,000 - 3,000 (€2,300 - 3,600)Sale fees
A TURQUOISE-GLAZED MOULDED PORCELAIN ‘DRAGON AND PHOENIX’ SNUFF BOTTLE 1796-1820 To Be Sold Without Reserve Moulded with a three-clawed dragon on one face confronting a `flaming pearl’ and phoenix amid flames and clouds, between ruyi-heads and key-fret borders Height 7.3cm Provenance: Drouot, Paris, 2 February 1983, lot 72 Guo’an Collection, (Anne Kreuger) Sotheby’s Hong Kong 30th October 2000, lot 518 Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd, 15th November 2000, (a copy of the original invoice available) Illustrated: Front cover ICSBS JOURNAL, Winter 2006, Volume XXXVIII, number 3 Compare a similarly unmarked bottle from the same mould, in the Bloch Collection, Kleiner 1995, cat.no.211 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
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