Condition Report
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Lot 4
Sale 2860 - Fine & Decorative Asian Arts
Sep 10, 2011
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$3,000 -
5,000
Price Realized
$5,000
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Fine Chinese Imperial 'silhouette-sleeping Lohan' chalcedony snuff bottle qianlong mark and of the period, attributed to imperial workshop
Typical wide and high-shoulder ovoid form, very well hollowed worked to show semi-transparent grey/olive shadow (possibly interpreted as recumbent Lohan) and dark brown inclusion to light coffee hue ground, incised four character mark to base.
Bottle H: 2 1/4 in.