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LOT 2363

Chinese Blue and White Snuff Bottle

19TH CENTURY A.D.

3 3/4 in. (114 grams, 97 mm).

Cylindrical in profile with narrow neck; sidewall with frieze of figures in a landscape; signed to base. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

CONDITION

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LOT 2363

Chinese Blue and White Snuff Bottle

Sold for (Inc. bp): £20

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