Chinese celadon glaze snuff bottle, 19th century

$485.00 AUD Original price was: $485.00 AUD.$250.00 AUDCurrent price is: $250.00 AUD.

Chinese celadon glaze snuff bottle, of moon flask form with two fine handles at neck and short foot, moulded to either side with scrolls & foliage, a petal collar at the neck.
Qing Dynasty,
19th century

7.25cm
small chip to one handle, also one to foot

An interesting comparison can be made with the examples recovered from the ‘Tek Sing’ shipwreck of the 1820’s. ref. ‘The Legacy of the Tek Sing’ p138 for examples.
Provenance: from a collection put together in Indonesia in the 1980’s by an Australian collector.

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