25 septembre 2010
A rare coconut snuff bottle, 19th century
A rare coconut snuff bottle, 19th century. photo courtesy Sotheby's .
of rounded square form with convex faces, below a waisted neck and a flared foot, one face carved in relief with three columns of calligraphy in archaic bronze script, set on a textured ground, adjacent to a two-column inscription lightly incised followed by a seal, Yuanyin, the reverse occupied by a poetic inscription filled with red pigment; height 2 in., 5.1 cm. Estimate 10,000—15,000 USD. Lot Sold 7,500 USD
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