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A Chinese agate ‘boys’ snuff bottle, 19th century of compres...

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A Chinese agate ‘boys’ snuff bottle, 19th century of compressed globular form, each side engraved with a boy, one playing with a pull-along rabbit toy, the other with a goose, well hollowed, 5.5cm high, brass and coral stopper

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Provenance - the former owner collected jades and snuff bottles in the 1960s and early 1970s while living and working in Hong Kong.

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Auction Date:
14th Mar 23 at 9:30am GMT

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