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Eight Books on Chinese Snuff Bottles, Hui, Hu zhong mo maio: Song xian fen shi cang nei hua bi yan hu (Inkplay in Microcosm: Inside-painted Chinese Snuff Bottles: the Humphrey K.F. Hui Collection), and Imperial Qing Tradition: Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Humphrey K.F. Hui and Christopher C.H. Sin; Guo li gu gong bo wu yuan, Gu gong bi yan hu xuan cui (Masterpieces of Snuff Bottles); Low, More Treasures from the Sanctum of Enlightened Respect [Denis Low Collection]; Hitt, Old Chinese Snuff Bottles, Tuttle reprint; Krug, Prisen aus Kleinen Tabakflaschen; Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World; and Perry, Chinese Snuff Bottles.
Estimate $300-400
VG to VG+.
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Humphrey K.F. Hui, Denis LowSuhyung Kim
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