A rhinoceros horn snuff bottle and a snuff dish


18th/19th centuryThe snuff bottle of rectangular form rising from a short oval foot to a square neck, the material of golden honey tone, 4.7cm (2in) high, box; the small plain snuff dish raised on a short flat foot, the horn ranging from a honey-brown tone to blackish-brown, 4.1cm (1 1/2in) diam., box (4).
|十八/十九世紀 犀角雕光素鼻煙壺及鼻煙碟Provenance:Songzhutang Collection, USAngela Chua Collection, Hong Kong Exhibited:Hong Kong Museum of Art, Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth: Gems of Antiquities Collections in Hong Kong, 2002-2005 (the snuff bottle)Published and Illustrated:T.Fok, Connoisseurship of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, Hong Kong, 1999, p.247, no.185 (the snuff bottle)來源：松竹堂收藏香港蔡劉木蘭女士收藏展覽：2002-2005年間於香港藝術館《金木水火土：香港文物收藏精品展》中展出(鼻煙壺)出版及著錄：霍滿棠，《中國犀角雕刻珍賞》，香港，1999年，頁247，圖185(鼻煙壺)