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Two snuff boxes, one in cinnabar red lacquer, the other in g…
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141
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Two snuff boxes, one in cinnabar red lacquer, the other in g…
See original version (French)
Estimate €400 - €500
Voluntary lot
Description
Two snuff boxes, one in cinnabar red lacquer, the other in grey and white agate, China, 19th and 20th centuries
- The cinnabar-red lacquer on lead is decorated on one side with a scholar seated in front of a pavilion, accompanied by his servant beneath a wutong tree, and a second scholar seated on the trunk of a pine tree, observing his servant who is holding a casket in his hands. The base is lacquered, but the top of the flask reveals the lead. Stopper in stained walrus ivory. Height: 6.3 cm; - The other is quadrangular in shape, made of bluish-grey agate, with a design carved in very high relief within a white vein depicting two butterflies with outstretched wings. It rests on a square foot. The stopper is made of glass imitating coral. Height: 2.7 cm
Scuff marks.
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