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Day 3 - Important Asian Works of Art

Sun, Nov 16, 2014 09:00AM EST - Mon, Nov 17, 2014 09:00AM EST
Lot 935

Carved Chinese Coral Snuff Bottle

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

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and Two Quanyin Figures cylindrical coral snuff bottle with finely carved three-dimension flowers, two birds and a baby on stairs, malachite beaded cover, 3 in., snuff bottle with natural anomalies to stone; Quanyin holding a lotus flower and seated on carved turquoise flower-form base, 4-1/8 in., small flakes to flowers in hair, tiny chips to hem and front of gown, possible repair to flower stem near ear; carved coral Quanyin, wearing earrings with hair in elaborate bun, holding a flower, 5-1/4 in., break at neck (pieces available for restoration), chips to hems of gown and sleeve of left arm, old chip and loss to gown at rear, traces of old label on base . Provenance: From the Estate of the late Leila Paget, daughter of Izzet Pasha, last Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire