Drum Bone
1730–1900
Height: 3.85 cm Mouth: 0.47 cm
Stopper: coral, of natural twig shape; brass collar
Related paraphernalia: to be sold with matching snuff dish
Provenance:
Arthur Gadsby (1991)
Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, 2 May 1991, lot 195
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd.
Published:
Treasury 7, no. 1563
Bone; with no functional foot; made of two convex circular segments set into a drum-shaped frame, with beaded edges around the panels.
