S68 A hinged silver quadruple medicine bottle

十九/二十世紀 銀鉸鏈四聯藥瓶


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19th/20th century

Four rectangular compartments are hinged together, each decorated on one side with two of the Eight Buddhist Symbols against a bright enamel ground. The reverse with the name of a traditional medicine. The base is impressed with two stamped marks.
3.7 cm high, original turquoise enamelled silver stoppers

A similar example with three sections is illustrated in B. Stevens, 'The Collector's Book of Snuff bottles', New York, 1976, pl. 936

 

S68 十九/二十世紀 銀鉸鏈四聯藥瓶
時代:19/20世紀。
特徵:四個方形藥瓶以銀製鉸鏈接在一起,藥瓶其中一面裝飾佛教八吉祥圖案,另一面則寫藥名:痧藥丸、臥龍丹、平安散與如意丹。
尺寸:高3.7公分;原裝綠松石琺瑯銀頂蓋。

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