A RARE CARVED AMBER 'CHILONG' SNUFF BOTTLE POSSIBLY IMPERIAL, POSSIBLY...
A RARE CARVED AMBER 'CHILONG' SNUFF BOTTLE
POSSIBLY IMPERIAL, POSSIBLY PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1720-1830
115⁄16 in. (4.9 cm.) high, pearl stopper
Provenance
The Estate of Cortright Wetherill (1923-1988), Pennsylvania.
Sotheby's New York, 22 November 1988, lot 333.
Literature
V. E. Graham, "Imitations, Fakes, and Forgeries," Journal of the International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society, Baltimore, Autumn 1989, p. 19, fig. 2.
H. Moss et al., The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, vol. 2, New York, 1993, p. 498, no. 294.
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A RARE CARVED AMBER 'CHILONG' SNUFF BOTTLE
POSSIBLY IMPERIAL, POSSIBLY PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1720-1830
115⁄16 in. (4.9 cm.) high, pearl stopper
Provenance
The Estate of Cortright Wetherill (1923-1988), Pennsylvania.
Sotheby's New York, 22 November 1988, lot 333.
Literature
V. E. Graham, "Imitations, Fakes, and Forgeries," Journal of the International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society, Baltimore, Autumn 1989, p. 19, fig. 2.
H. Moss et al., The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, vol. 2, New York, 1993, p. 498, no. 294.
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