Three Snuff Bottles
Height of tallest bottle 3 in, 7.6 cm.
Height of tallest bottle 3 in, 7.6 cm.
Sale 1015 - Strong Diversions: Property from a Lifetime of Play
Mar 28, 2022
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$700 -
$900
Sold for $1,375
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Two Chinese Canton Enamel on Copper Snuff Bottles and One Sino-Tibetan Hardstone Inset Silver Snuff Bottle
19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY
晚清-民國 銅胎畫琺琅花鳥、美人鼻烟壺各一及嵌寳鼻烟壺
Height of tallest bottle 3 in, 7.6 cm.
Property from The Strong National Museum of Play, sold to benefit the Collections Fund
Condition Report
The silver example showing some oxidation, but all inlays intact. The ovoid enamel example in very good condition, free of dents or bumps, lacking spoon and stopper. The compressed circular example is overall very good and stable condition. Each with handwritten accession numbers and traces of museum wax residue.
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