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Peking The Beautiful by Herbert White

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BEAUTIFUL CHINESE PEKING GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE INSCRIBED SIGNED: THE EXCELLENT BOTTLE SO BEAUTIFULLY CARVED IN BLUE BLACK AND WHITE. THE BLUE BACKGROUND IS ETCHED WITH A FINE WAVE PATTERN. THE BOTTLE IS INSCRIBED, DATED AND ARTIST SIGNED. IT IS 3.4 INCHES TALL. STA

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BEAUTIFUL CHINESE PEKING GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE SHOU SYMBOL QIANLONG SEAL: THE BEAUTIFUL BOTTLE IS SO WELL CARVED IN BROWNISH RED AND WHITE OVER SNOW FLAKE GLASS. IT FEATURES THE SHOU SYMBOL OF HAPPINESS, HEALTH AND PROSPERITY. THE BOTTLE BEARS A QIANLONG SEAL AND IT IS3INCH

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VERY FINE CHINESE PEKING GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE OX, DEER: THE FINE BOTTLE IS CARVED IN 3 BEAUTIFUL COLORS YELLOW, WHITE AND GREEN GLASS. THE CARVING IS EXCELLENT, DEPICTING AN OX ON ONE SIDE, WITH A TREE AND FLORA, AND DEER ON THE OTHER SIDE, WITH A PRUNUS T

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BEAUTIFUL CHINESE PEKING GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE QIANLONG SEALS KYLIN: THE BEAUTIFUL CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLE IS CARVED IN WHITE OVER A RICH BLUE. IT FEATURES SEALS AND TWO KYLIN ON EACH SIDE. THE BOTTLE HAS A WELL CARVED OVAL FOOT. IT IS 2.9 INCHES TALL. STANDS ARE FOR DISP

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BEAUTIFUL CHINESE PEKING GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE CHILUNG: THE BEAUTIFUL CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLE IS CARVED IN2 COLORS OF BLUE AND WHITE OVER A YELLOW BACKGROUND. THE CARVING IS EXCELLENT, DEPICTING TWO CHILUNG AND A CARVED QIANLONG SEAL. IT IS 3. INCHES TALL. ST

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BEAUTIFUL CHINESE PEKING GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE GOURD CRICKET BUTTERFLY: THE BEAUTIFUL CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLE IS CARVED IN TWO LAYERS OF WHITE AND GREEN GLASS. IT FEATURES A CRICKET ON A GOURD ON ONE SIDE AND A BUTTERFLY AND VINES ON THE OTHER. IT HAS A WELL DEFINED OVAL FOO

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CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLE PEKING GLASS QUANYIN QIANLONG SEAL: THE BEAUTIFUL CHINESE PEKING GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE CARVED IN 3 LAYERS WITH WHITE BEING THE BACKGROUND LAYER. ONE SIDE FEATURES QUANYIN SEATED ON TOP OF AN ELEPHANT. THE OTHER SIDE FEATURES HER SEATEDON A

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BEAUTIFUL CARVED CHINESE PEKING GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE PAGODA PEOPLE LANDSCAPE: THE BEAUTIFUL CARVED CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLE IN BUBBLE INFUSED LIME GLASS, WHITE AND RED LAYERS, DEPICTS BREATHTAKING SCENIC IMAGES OF ELDERS, PAGODAS, SEE FISHERMAN IN A BOAT, MOUNTAINS, PINE TREES AND

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CHINESE AMBER AND WHITE PEKING GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE: THE BEAUTIFUL BOTTLE CARVED IN WHITE OVER AMBER GLASS. iT FEATURES BIRDS ON TREES AND A CARVED QIANLONG SEAL.PROVENANCE: PRIVATE FLORIDA COLLECTION.

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BEAUTIFUL CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLE PEKING GLASS 3 LAYERS TURQUOISE QIANLONG SEAL: THE FINELY CARVED BOTTLE IN TURQUOISE GLASS, WHITE AND ROYAL BLUE LAYERS. IT DEPICTS BATS AND THE SHOU SYMBOL. THE BOTTLE BEARS A CARVED QIANLONG SEAL. IT IS 3.1 INCHES TALL.

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Title: Peking The Beautiful. Comprising seventy photographic studies of the celebrated monuments of China's Northern Capital and its Environs Complete with Descriptive and Historical Notes
Author: White, Herbert C.
Description: 155 pp. 70 tipped in photographs, a few colored. (Folio) 39.5x31.5 cm. (15½x12½") original embroidered blue silk binding, spine lettered in Chinese characters. Original two-part pictorial box. First Edition.Introduction by Hu Shih, former professor of philosophy at the National University of Peking. A spectacular presentation of the sights of Peking including the Summer Palace, the Forbidden City, South Sea Palaces, Hunting Park Pagoda, and much more. Especially scarce in the original box. Laid in is a 1932 brochure for the Grand Hotel de Pekin.
Heading: zzc(China)Place Published: Shanghai, China
Publisher: The Commercial Press
Date Published: [1927

Condition

Box with some wear, the corners reinforced with leather strips; volume fine.

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Peking The Beautiful by Herbert White

Name: Peking The Beautiful by Herbert White
SKU: 11784088
Price: 4500 USD
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