Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts and Jewellery
Live Auction, 7 October 2019
Chinese and Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art
Lot Estimate
ZAR 6 000 - 8 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 6 449
About this Item
A Chinese amber glass inside-painted snuff bottle, Qing Dynasty, 19th century
unsigned, but attributed toYung Shou-t’ien, the rounded bottle painted with six small boys at play before a rocky outcrop, the reverse with a scholar and attendants, with agate and quartz stopper, the bottle5,8cm high
*This lot is not suitable for export
Provenance
The Andrew Newall Collection.
Literature
cf. Kate, Thurlow & Hugh M. Moss (1974) Chinese Snuff Bottles, From the Collection of the Rt. Hon. The Marquess of Exeter, K.C.M.G., Hugh Moss (Publications) Limited, London, illustrated on page 154, number M.12