CARVED BUFFALO HORN SNUFF BOTTLE
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
£600
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 14 May 2021 at 11:00 BST
Description
清 牛角雕螭龍鼻煙壺
of flattened ovoid tapering form, each side carved in high relief with a chi dragon crawling to the shoulder and opposite to each other, the tail estending across the exterior, with a horn domed stopper
Dimensions
9.4cm high
Footnote
Provenance: Private English collection
Note: a closely comparable buffalo horn snuff bottle similar carved with chi dragon was sold at Lyon & Turnbull on 30th March 2011, lot 82