Four Carved Opal and Mother-of-Pearl Snuff Bottles
19TH/20TH CENTURY
晚清-民國 螺鈿鼻煙壺及蛋白石鼻煙壺各兩件
the first a mother-of-pearl gourd-form example, the second an opal example carved with figures and seaweed, the third a mother-of-pearl flask-form example, the fourth an opal example carved with a figure.
Height of largest 2.5 in., 6.5 cm.
Property from the Estate of Eliot A. Landau, Woodridge, Illinois
Opal 'figures and seaweed' bottle:
Acquired from Field's Fifth Avenue, New York, August 26, 1972