Description
Description: Chinese bronze snuff bottle of round flattened form with embossed dragons’ decoration.
Foot/base: Recessed base
Mark: Four characters incised Guangxu mark
Dating: 19th Century.
Material: Bronze
Size: 55 mm high
Stopper: Bronze with mother of pearl top and pearl finial, bone spoon
Provenance: See Provenance of ceramic bottle C36
References: The last six pictures are of an identical bottle, missing the top finial, that was on sale at Bonhams. The description provided by the auction house say that it is gilt metal, but, unless the bottle was gilded in view of the auction, the bottle is actually bronze. On the site of the auction, beside the picture of the description which is showing a shining bottle, there are the pictures of the bottle in its original conditions, which are the last five pictures reported here. They are showing that the cast is undoubtedly the same of our bottle.
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