Important South African and International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 5 March 2018
Decorative Arts
Lot Estimate
ZAR 15 000 - 20 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 15 916
About this Item
Three Chinese amber snuff bottles, early 20th century
the first of flattened ovoid form carved with a bat, five coins and tasseled rope, the shoulders with mask-and-ring handles, raised on a low oval footrim, stopper, 6,5cm high; the second carved with a bat, the side with a chilong, on an oval footrim, stopper, 5cm high; and the third example carved with a fish before a pavilion, the reverse with a lotus bloom, water lily and a bat, on an oval footrim, stopper, 4,5cm high
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