A small ivory snuff bottle. Ca. 1930 - image-1

Lot 465 Dα

A small ivory snuff bottle. Ca. 1930

Auction 1072 - overview Cologne
10.06.2016, 14:00 - Asian Art II incl. The Helmersen Coll. of Chinese Art
Estimate: 400 € - 500 €
Result: 558 € (incl. premium)

A small ivory snuff bottle. Ca. 1930

A small ivory snuff bottle of mellon shape with a concave shoulder, the neck carved separately and stuck on, displaying a landscape with two scholars meeting an old man with a walking stick in fine line engraving rubbed with ink, red and green pigments. Inscription below the shoulder. At the base an apocryphal four character mark Qianlong. Ca. 1930.
Height 4.3 cm

Provenance

Dr. Lothar Biller (1907-2007), who was headmaster at the German school in Tianjin from 1934 to 1945 and recieved this object in recognition of his services, and thence by descent