Lot #72 - A pair of polychrome ivory snuff bottles, 19th/20th century
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Auction House:Sotheby's Australia
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Sale Name:Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design
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Sale Date:21 Jun 2017 ~ 5.30pm
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Lot #:72
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Lot Description:A pair of polychrome ivory snuff bottles, 19th/20th century
each of upright shouldered form, the sides carved in deep undercut relief with a continuous scene of women and children, one depicting women on a pavilion terrace watching a procession of boys playing instruments and pulling a dignitary seated in a rickshaw, the other with figures on a pavilion terrace looking down at women bearing gifts and others playing musical instruments, all within lappet and cloud collar borders, stoppers en suite
11.5 cm high overall -
Estimate:A$4,000 - 6,000
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Realised Price:
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Category:Oriental
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