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8094 8095

Property from a Private Texas Collection 8096
A porcelain snuff bottle with iron red enamels
8094 Daoguang mark and of the period
A carved white jade snuff bottle Of rectangular form with a flat lip and unglazed oval foot rim, the foot
1750-1820 bearing a four character Daoguang mark in iron red seal script, the front
Of compressed form, with a flat lip and recessed flat oval foot, the interior and back of the bottle showing an animated Zhong Kui grasping for his
very well-hollowed, the front and back carved in a mallow flower pattern sword, his beard flowing, the iron red tones with a subtle gradation.
with overlapping petals. 2 3/8in (6cm) high
2 3/8in (6cm) high $2,000 - 3,000
$2,500 - 4,000
Porcelain snuff bottles with iron red decorations of Zhong Kui were
Property from Various Owners popular in the middle of the nineteenth century. See Michael C. Hughes
The Blair Bequest, Chinese Snuff Bottles From the Princeton University Art
8095 Museum pp. 224-225.
A nephrite snuff bottle
1760-1860 Provenance:
Of shield form with a slightly concave lip, a waisted neck and concave foot Formerly in a private Hawaiian collection
rim, the interior well-hollowed, the exterior carved in low relief with a cat
and butterfly beneath a plantain, with a five character inscription in running
script also carved in low relief, reversed with a blossoming prunus.
2 1/4in (5.8cm) high
$2,000 - 3,000

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