The Art of China: Including Private English Collections
The first is a baluster snuff bottle that is decorated to both flattened sides with a grasshopper. The second snuff bottle is moulded in relief to one side with the figure of Liu Hai holding his string of cash while his three-legged toad is on the other side resting on a rock beside bamboo.
The larger 3 ⅛ in. (8 cm.) high
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The first is a baluster snuff bottle that is decorated to both flattened sides with a grasshopper. The second snuff bottle is moulded in relief to one side with the figure of Liu Hai holding his string of cash while his three-legged toad is on the other side resting on a rock beside bamboo.
The larger 3 ⅛ in. (8 cm.) high
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