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105 160678/23
Three Chinese agate snuff bottles
19th/20th century
the first carved in low relief with a boatman
and boat; the second in the form of a beetle;
the third unadorned, the stone with dark
brown inclusions. (3).
H of largest: 2 3/4 in., 7cm
provenance:
Property of a California Lady
$1,000-1,500

106 160678/24
Three agate snuff bottles
19th/20th century
the first naturalistically carved in the form of
a jujube with incised veins, the opaque skin
skillfully worked to form peanuts; the second
incised with bamboo and rock, verso incised
with a monk; the third unadorned. (3).
H of largest: 2 3/4 in., 7cm
provenance:
Property of a California Lady
$1,000-1,500

107 160678/33
Three Chinese agate snuff bottles
19th/20th century
the first utilizing the skin to highlight the carving
of a abstract chilong; the second carved with
mock lion-mask handles on the shoulder; the third
of oval form, carved through different layers of the
stone to depict a young man carrying a boy. (3).
H of largest: 3 1/8 in., 8cm
provenance:
Property of a California Lady
$800-1,200

108 152567/4
A Chinese lapis lazuli vasiform snuff bottle
and snuff plate
19th century
the bottle of traditional gu form and the dish
finely carved of vibrant lapis.
H: 1 1/2 in., 4cm
provenance:
Property from the Estate of Charles V. Swain,
Doylestown, PA; thence by family descent.
Robert Hall label on snuff plate.
$500-700