Important South African & International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 6 March 2017
English Silver, Furniture, Oriental and Cape Silver, Decorative Arts and Furniture
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 9 000 - 12 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 40 925
Auction Catalogue
About this Item
Three Chinese agate snuff bottles, Qing Dynasty, late 19th century
the first carved in relief with two sages and their attendant beneath a pine tree, heightened with a full moon and a bat in flight before a rocky mountainscape, stopper, 8,8cm high; the second carved with three monkeys in a peach tree, with low footrim, stopper, 7,3cm high; the third carved in relief with the figure of an Immortal proffering a peach to a young boy, with low footrim, stopper, 6,5cm high
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