$504
Estimate: $700 - $900
Auction: October 14, 2021 11:00:00 AM EDT
The vase depicting a sinuous striding dragon within silver wires, against a midnight blue ground, unsigned; the snuff bottle of archaistic design, the front and back each centered with a taotie mask and three cabochons, along with two mythical beast masks, neck decorated with cloud scrolls, leaf lappets; the cover centered by a chrysanthemum, apocryphal Qianlong mark to the underside.
H: 5 3/4 in. [vase]Property from the collection of James Alfe (1948-2003)
Thence by descent