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Snuff box in smoked rock crystal decorated with a crane, Chi…
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101
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Snuff box in smoked rock crystal decorated with a crane, Chi…
See original version (French)
Estimate €300 - €400
Voluntary lot
Description
Snuff box in smoked rock crystal decorated with a crane, China, 19th century
Quadrangular in shape with rounded shoulders, the slightly smoked, translucent rock crystal is carved on one side, skilfully utilising a light grey opaque vein, to depict a crane standing on one leg beneath a pine tree. Green quartz stopper.
Height: 7 cm
A small chip on the inner edge of the base.
Provenance:
Millon-Jutheau auction, Hôtel Drouot, 2 July 1984, lot no. 109 (illustrated).
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