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A tourmaline ‘melon’ snuff bottle
218 18th/19th century
242 | Bonhams The lustrous and shimmering stone of a golden-green tone, in the form of a
melon borne on a gnarled leafy stem, finely carved in relief with a continuous
fluted pattern, malachite stopper.
5cm (2in) high (2).
£3,000 - 5,000
HK$35,000 - 59,000 CNY28,000 - 47,000
十八/十九世紀 碧璽雕瓜形鼻煙壺
Provenance: The Ko Family Collection of Chinese Snuff-bottles, Christie’s
London, 14 June 1971, lot 131; according to the catalogue all bottles in the
collection were collected in China between 1920 and 1943.
A European private collection and thence by descent
來源：《The Ko Family Collection of Chinese Snuff-bottles》，倫敦佳士
得，1971年6月14日，拍品編號131；根據圖錄，該鼻煙壺系列均收藏於
1920至1943年間
歐洲私人收藏，並由家族繼承下去
218 Y
A small tourmaline ‘bat and peach’ snuff bottle
19th century
The delicate bottle of flattened round shape in the form of a gourd, finely
carved in various relief with bats and peaches amidst leafy branches, the stone
of translucent pink tone, malachite stopper with metal collar.
3.3cm (1 1/3in) high (2).
£1,500 - 2,000
HK$18,000 - 24,000 CNY14,000 - 19,000
十九世紀 碧璽雕蝠桃紋鼻煙壺
Provenance: A European private collection and thence by descent
來源：歐洲私人收藏，並由家族繼承下去