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Copper alloy snuff box with floral decoration, made in Japan…
See original version (French)
129
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Copper alloy snuff box with floral decoration, made in Japan…
See original version (French)
Estimate €700 - €900
Voluntary lot
Description
Copper alloy snuff box with floral decoration, made in Japan for export, Meiji period (1868–1920)
With a brown patina, the two identical sides – cast and then joined together – are decorated with peonies, chrysanthemums, bellflowers and other blooms within a panel surrounded by butterflies. The shoulders are flanked by a dragon in relief, climbing towards the neck and holding a ring in its mouth; these rings were used to thread a cord through to hang the snuff bottle. The base of the bottle is shaped like a lingzhi and the neck is fitted with a screw cap surmounted by a movable ring. Former inventory number 3481.
Height: 6.3 cm
Patina from wear.
Provenance:
Robert Hall IV, Jutheau’s, auction, Boston, 10 October 1991, lot no. 6 (illustrated).
Similar:
Bob Stevens, *The Collector’s Book of Snuff Bottles*, 1976, no. 812.
See original version (French)
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