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TWO BLACK ENAMEL GROUND PORCELAIN
SNUFF BOTTLES
1850-1900
Both with short tubular necks and oval foot
rings; the first of flattened ovoid shape, the body
penciled with a continuous scene of Meng Haoran
walking behind his attendant cradling a branch
with perfect plum blossoms, accented with iron-
red wash, an iron-red and black enamel dragon
marking the foot; the second of compressed
rounded square form, one face with an official and
attendant, the other with an ox-herd on his ox.
3in (7.5cm) high, the taller

$1,000 - 2,000
1850-1900年 黑地人物圖鼻煙壺兩件
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Provenance
The ovoid bottle: acquired in Paris, 1995
The rounded square bottle: Eldred’s Auctions,
Massachusetts, 1998
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TWO MOLDED PORCELAIN ‘LION’ SNUFF
BOTTLES
1800-1850
Each similarly molded in the form of a recumbent
lion, holding a brocade ball with its fore paws and
jaws, the ball forming the neck of the bottle; one
covered with clear glaze, the other with sancai
glaze, the eyes of both accented with black
enamel.
2 7/8in (7.2cm) long, each
$1,000 - 2,000
1800-1850年 瓷胎模印獅戲綉球鼻煙壺兩件

Provenance
The clear-glazed bottle: acquired in Paris, 1995 200
The sancai-glazed bottle: Eldred’s Auction,
Massachusetts, 31 October - 1 November 2013,
lot 7

An almost identical clear-glazed bottle, possibly
made from the same mold, is illustrated in
Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang,
A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary
and George Bloch Collection, vol. 6, Hong Kong,
2007, no. 1198.
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AN AMETHYST ‘LION’ SNUFF BOTTLE
1850-1900
Carved in the form of a recumbent lion, holding a
brocade ball with its fore paws and jaws, the ball
forming the neck of the bottle.
2 1/4in (5.8cm) long
$1,000 - 2,000
1850-1900年 紫晶雕獅戲綉球式鼻煙壺

Provenance
Acquired in 1975

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