Chinese celadon glaze snuff bottle, 19th century

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Chinese celadon glaze snuff bottle, the oval body with twin handles at short neck, moulded with a stylised twin dragon design.
Qing Dynasty,19th century

9cm
minor chip 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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