Ader
137
-
Snuff box made of red and black-stained ivory, decorated wit…
See original version (French)
137
-
Snuff box made of red and black-stained ivory, decorated wit…
See original version (French)
Estimate €200 - €300
Voluntary lot
Description
Snuff box made of red and black-stained ivory, decorated with a bird and children, Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
Decorated on a red-stained background with children playing in a garden beneath a pine tree on one side and a bird perched on a branch of a flowering plum tree on the other. The foot, shoulder, neck and stopper are all decorated with geometric friezes stained in black and red. An apocryphal Qianlong mark consisting of four characters in zhuanshu script on the base.
Total height: 8 cm; weight: 52 g
Provenance:
Millon-Jutheau auction, Hôtel Drouot, 1 and 2 April 1987, lot no. 362.
See original version (French)
Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
You may also like