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A CARNELIAN 'BUTTERFLY' SNUFF BOTTLE
1850-1940The alternating red and white bands in the stone used to portray overlapping butterflies, the mouth of the bottle positioned between the tips of the wings to one end. 1 3/4in (4.5cm) long
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1850-1940年 紅白瑪瑙雕曡蝶式鼻煙壺Provenance:Alice B. McReynolds Collection Sotheby's, Los Angeles, Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the collection of Alice B McReynolds, 31 October 1984, lot 110Published: Hugh M. Moss, Snuff Bottles of China, London, 1971, p. 88-89, no. 112來源：Alice B. McReynolds 珍藏洛杉磯蘇富比，1984年10月31日，拍品編號110出版：Hugh M. Moss, Snuff Bottles of China《中國鼻煙壺》，倫敦，1971年出版，88-89頁，編號112The present example is likely a handling piece that was hollowed and converted to a snuff bottle at a later date as evidenced by the placement of the mouth.
