Details
The snuff bottles are carved with a monkey in a pine tree; a scholar with two geese; a pair of cranes in a garden landscape; and three others are variously decorated with birds. The bases with the maker's mark Chen Guo Zhi.
The largest 3⅝ in. (9.2 cm.) high, box

Please note this lot is the property of a private consignor.
Provenance
Purchased by the Norwegian ambassador to China from a collector in the 1920s-1940s.
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