BLUE & WHITE & COPPER RED SCHOLARS SNUFF BOTTLE

拍品描述

Of rectangular form. Two wider sides decorated with a scene of scholar and their attendants in panels, and the two narrower sides with inscriptions. Four-characterQianlong mark to the underside. Coral, malachite and metal stopper. H. 8.5 cmSnuff Bottle Collection of John Mckeggie Rogers (1905-1977) He was a senior partner of the Toronto brokerage firm Doherty Roadhouse. He was a great collector of antiquities.He started collecting snuff bottles in the 1940's alongside his friend Ken Thompson whose collection now resides in the AGO.

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