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Two agate snuff boxes, China, 19th and 20th centuries
See original version (French)
140
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Two agate snuff boxes, China, 19th and 20th centuries
See original version (French)
Estimate €300 - €400
Voluntary lot
Description
Two agate snuff boxes, China, 19th and 20th centuries
- One is rectangular in shape, made of opaque beige agate, carved on one side in high relief with Shou Lao beneath a pine tree and a crane above bamboo stalks, the same design incised on the reverse. Oval base. Carnelian stopper. Height: 5.8 cm; - The other, baluster-shaped and made of honey-coloured carnelian, is carved in high relief with a fallow deer on one side and a crane holding a lingzhi in its beak on the other, both beneath pine trees. Oval foot. Stopper carved in one piece with two birds on a tree branch. Total height: 6.5 cm
See original version (French)
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