CHINA, SECOND HALF OF THE 19th CENTURY - Lot 46

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CHINA, SECOND HALF OF THE 19th CENTURY - Lot 46
CHINA, SECOND HALF OF THE 19th CENTURY Glass snuff bottle painted inside on one side with a lake landscape in front of a mountain, with a calligraphic inscription "Made in spring 1974". The other side features a bird on a flowering branch. Stopper topped with a tourmaline cabochon. Total height: 7.5 cm Provenance Private collection of Monsieur Auguste Gérard (1852-1922), French ambassador to China (1893-1897) and Japan (1907-1913). Then by descent to the present owner. Possibly mentioned in a lot of "2 small snuff bottles" in the seventh line (p.3) of the inventory of objects entrusted by Monsieur Auguste Gérard, French ambassador to Tokyo, to M. Paul du Toict, Bould. du Régent 25 in Brussels in 1906. An anonymized copy of the page concerning this lot may be delivered to the buyer. Note Viscount Paul du Toict (1847-1909) was a member of the administrative committee of the Société Royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, which organized art exhibitions. He was also former president of the Belgian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
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