STAINED NATURAL CARVED DOUBLE GOURD SNUFF BOTTLE

拍品描述

Of flattened double gourd form. The carved ivory body decorated with two stylized shou characters in low relief. Matching stopper. H. 6.5 cm Exhibited at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, in Prized Possessions From Private Homes, October to December 1968. Snuff 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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