Hardcover
1987 · London
by Christie's
London: Christie, Manson & Woods, 1987. Hardcover. VG. Some fading to cloth and corner bumping. Contents clean and tight. A wonderful copy of this unique volume.. Blue cloth boards with gilt cover lettering. [14 pp] Fully illustrated with 11 large colour plates, comprising 100 snuff bottles. On the occasion of an exhibition held at Christie's, London on October 11-16, 1987 - during the 19th Annual Convention of The International Chinese Snuff Bottle society. Inscribed on the ffep by the owners of the collection, Julie and Jim Li, premier collectors of snuff bottles. Christie's held several subsuquent auctions of their extensive collection.
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