Important South African & International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 6 March 2017
English Silver, Furniture, Oriental and Cape Silver, Decorative Arts and Furniture
About this Item
Two Chinese cameo agate snuff bottles, Qing Dynasty, late 19th century
ovoid, one carved in relief to the russet skin with a praying mantis and a cicada, stopper, 8,5cm high; the other carved with a qilin before a mountainscape, stopper, 7cm high
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