Two silver snuff bottles. Mongolia. 19th/Early 20th century - image-1

Lot 661 Dα

Two silver snuff bottles. Mongolia. 19th/Early 20th century

Auction 1101 - overview Cologne
09.12.2017, 11:00 - Art from China, Tibet, and Nepal I: Highlights
Estimate: 800 € - 1.000 €

Two silver snuff bottles. Mongolia. 19th/Early 20th century

Two silver snuff bottles decorated in relief with a) a dragon and a phoenix, inlaid with three glass pearls, and b) a dragon writhing through clouds over rocks, inlaid with malachite and lapis lazuli. Matching stoppers. (2)
Height with stopper a) 8.8 cm; b) 8.5 cm

Provenance

Gallery Flachsmann, Kronberg