Important South African and International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 5 March 2018
Decorative Arts
Lot Estimate
ZAR 12 000 - 15 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 17 052
About this Item
Four Chinese amber snuff bottles, 20th century
the first carved with the deity Shou Lao holding a peach in his left hand and his staff in his right hand, with a crane before a pine tree and a pavilion, the reverse carved with a pair of cranes before a similar landscape, stopper, 6cm high; the second ovoid with ribbed body, carved with a cicada amongst leafy branches, the reverse with a deer amongst foliage, stopper, 6,5cm high; the third in the form of a canteloupe carved with a cicada before a vine, the reverse with a squirrel eating grapes in a trailing vine, stopper, 6,5cm high; and the fourth example carved with a leaping fish viewed by a crane before a waterfall and mountainscape, stopper, 6,3cm high
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