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Lot 156

Sale 6479 - Asian Works of Art
Mar 27, 2026 10:00AM ET
Live / New York
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$1,000 - 1,500

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A Chinese Ruby Overlay 'Eight Horses of Wang Mu' Snuff Bottle, 19th Century
清中期 雪霏地套寶石紅料穆王八駿鼻烟壺
19th Century

Of tapering rounded-rectangular form, the shoulders sloping to a slightly everted neck, with a flat lip, wide mouth and protruding oval footrim, the translucent bubble-suffused body well carved through the ruby-red overlay to depict the Eight Horses of Wang Mu in various postures, evenly spaced.
Height without stopper 2 3/4 in., 7 cm.

Property from the Estate of Dr. Thomas A. Klein, MD., Sold to benefit the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

This lot is located in New York.

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