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A CORAL 'AUSPICIOUS' SNUFF BOTTLE
1850-1900Carved in the form of a baluster vase, one side decorated with a bat embracing a covered box, bearing a shou medallion on the cover and trigrams on the sides, the other side with a dancing boy flanked by vines bearing gourds and blossoms, the stopper en suite, all supported on an oval foot ring. 3in (7.6cm) high
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1850-1900年 珊瑚雕和平福壽紋鼻煙壺Provenance:Property Sold for the Benefit of an American College Sotheby's Parke Bernet, New York, Fine Chinese Jades, Works of Art and Snuff Bottles, 26-27 February 1981, lot 137來源：拍賣收益贈予某間美國學院基金紐約蘇富比帕克-博內，1981年2月26-27日，拍品編號137This bottle is rife with auspicious meaning. The vase shape it takes is called ping in Chinese which together with the covered box, he, forms the rebus heping, peace and harmony. The shou medallion on the cover of the box represents longevity and the bat symbolizes blessings. The flowering vines bearing double gourds and the boy express the wish for a continuous family line with lots of progeny.
