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Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
18-Apr-2016
Lot No.
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Description:
A small jadeite snuff bottle, late Qing dynasty - Republic period, late 19th - early 20th century, finely carved with lion mask handles, a bird and lotus in low relief on one side, the well-polished and hollowed stone with pale and dark green inclusions, support on a small foot rim, with amethyst stopper. Provenance: The property of the late Sir Tristan and Lady Antico, purchased Sotheby's Hong Kong, 11/1997, lot: 2164, 4.4 cm high
Estimate:
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Price:
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Category:
Oriental: Snuff Bottles