Important South African and International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 5 March 2018
Decorative Arts
Lot Estimate
ZAR 20 000 - 25 000USD 1 045 - 1 307
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 22 736
About this Item
A Chinese smoky quartz crystal snuff bottle, Qing Dynasty, late 19th century
of canister form with detachable cover, carved with a pair of entwined chilong, the sides with open lug handles carved with bats and threaded with a fine chain, with double amethyst-bead toggle, the front carved with a rosette of bats enclosing a circular plaque, signed, the reverse with two circular plaques moulded with stylised fu characters, stopper, 6,5cm high
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