5.7cm high

PROVENANCE:
Christie’s London, 7 June 1993, lot 245
Mary and George Bloch Collection
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, Snuff Bottles from the Mary and George Bloch Collection: Part VI, 27 May 2013, lot 212
The Huaihaitang Collection, Hong Kong
LITERATURE:
Clare Lawrence, 'London Auction Reviews', Journal of the International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society, Autumn 1993, p.30, fig.4
Robert Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles in the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, London, British Museum Press, 1995, cat.no.6
Lyle Official Review Antiques Price Guide, 1995, p.758
Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol.6 Arts of the Fire, Hong Kong, 2007, no.1075
EXHIBITED:
British Museum, Chinese Snuff Bottles in the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, London, June to October 1995
Israel Museum, Jerusalem, July to November 1997
Asia Society Hong Kong Center and Art Museum, Bat Cave: Treasures of the Day and Creatures of the Night, 16 September 2015 to 3 January 2016

Price estimate:
HKD: 700,000 - 900,000
USD: 89,700 - 115,400

Auction Result:
HKD: --