Bottle ID: 814

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BERYL, CARVED WITH CHILONG AND LINGZHI

Date: 1750-1800

Height: 58 mm

A beryl snuff bottle, well-hollowed, of small, rectangular form, with shoulders sloping to a cylindrical neck and with a neatly carved oval footrim, carved in low relief with a chilong beside lingzhi. 
Imperial, attributed to the Palace Workshops, Beijing 

 

Provenance:

Christies Paris, December 14, 2022, lot 637
Acquired by the father of V.W.S (1890-1977) in China in the 1930s
The V.W.S. (1918-1974) Collection

 

 

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