Sale 83 Lot 383  

CHINESE MOTTLED YELLOWISH JADE SNUFF BOTTLE. Of flattened ovoid form, carved to depict birds and flowering branches in low relief; together with a malachite snuff bottle with a similar decoration. - Larger: 3 1/2 in. high.
Estimate $300-500

PROVENANCE: Estate of Colonel Carlisle C. Dusenbury (1897-1994), Toddville, S.C..
Foreign assignments to North China in 1935., in 1945 military attaché to the U.S. Ambassy to Chunking capital of China under Gerenalissimo Chiang Kai Shek, to Japan in 1948; by descent. Biography available with lot.

Sold for $160

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