Lot 89
COLLECTION OF SNUFF BOTTLES AND HARDSTONE CARVINGS Y
LATE QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD
Auction: 8 November 2017 at 17:00 GMT
£875
Description
comprising: a silver-mounted and hardstone embellished horn bottle; a silver-mounted mother-of-pearl bottle; a red-glass overlay snowflake bottle; a blue and white 'double carp' bottle; an inscribed white porcelain bottle; an iron-red decorated bottle, with apocryphal Kangxi mark; an inside-painted bottle; a malachite snuff bottle; a red agate pendant, in the form of two boys holding a lotus flower; an agate archer's ring; together with an SMALL IVORY CARVING OF AN IMMORTAL; and TWO SEALS OF MR PAN FEILU (JAMES PENFIELD), one of ivory, the other of rock crystal (qty)
Dimensions
largest 8cm high
Footnote
Provenance:
From the collection of the late James Kedzie Penfield (1908-2004); thence by direct family descent.