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
Four Chinese crystal snuff bottles, early 20th century
the first modelled as an elephant with a howdah on his back, stopper, 8cm high; the second in the form of a toad, his back carved with six coins, stopper, 6,8cm high; the third carved with two fruits intertwined with foliage, one carved with two beetles, stoppers, 6,5cm high; the fourth oblong, carved as a chilong chasing the moon, stopper, 10,5cm high
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