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Auction archive: Lot number 460

Five pairs of attractive late 18th/early 19th-Century Chinese tortoiseshell spectacles with carved bridges

Auction 19.10.2005
19 Oct 2005
Estimate
£200 - £300
ca. US$352 - US$529
Price realised:
£360
ca. US$634
Auction archive: Lot number 460

Five pairs of attractive late 18th/early 19th-Century Chinese tortoiseshell spectacles with carved bridges

Auction 19.10.2005
19 Oct 2005
Estimate
£200 - £300
ca. US$352 - US$529
Price realised:
£360
ca. US$634
Beschreibung:

Five pairs of attractive late 18th/early 19th-Century Chinese tortoiseshell spectacles with carved bridges, of differing sizes, two with teastone quartz lenses and one with clear quartz lens, two with glass lenses, with carved bridges representing joy and conjugal felicity (the butterfly), and happiness and longevity (the bat), with elbowed temples (5)

Auction archive: Lot number 460
Auction:
Datum:
19 Oct 2005
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

Five pairs of attractive late 18th/early 19th-Century Chinese tortoiseshell spectacles with carved bridges, of differing sizes, two with teastone quartz lenses and one with clear quartz lens, two with glass lenses, with carved bridges representing joy and conjugal felicity (the butterfly), and happiness and longevity (the bat), with elbowed temples (5)

Auction archive: Lot number 460
Auction:
Datum:
19 Oct 2005
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
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