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225 226 Y ≈ 227 Y
A fine amber snuff bottle
225 Y A red amber ‘boys and grapes’ snuff bottle 19th century
A carved amber ‘monkey’ snuff bottle and 19th century Of compressed ovoid form, well hollowed
a mother-of-pearl ‘dragon and phoenix’ Of irregular pebble form with a concave with a flat lip, resting on a concave oval foot,
snuff bottle base, the semi-transparent material of brown the extensively crizzled amber of transparent
18th/19th century tone intricately carved on each side in high brownish-red tone, aventurine stopper.
The amber snuff bottle of irregular pebble relief with a smiling boy playing amidst large 6.2 cm (2½in) high (2).
form, vividly carved in various relief with three branches of grape vines, jadeite stopper with £3,000 - 5,000
monkeys seated and clambering over a gnarled metal collar. HK$35,000 - 59,000 CNY28,000 - 47,000
pine tree, the reverse depicting a spotted deer 6.9cm (2 2/3in) high (2).
seated on rockwork below a group of perching £4,000 - 6,000 十九世紀 琥珀光素鼻煙壺
birds, agate stopper, 4.5cm (1 4/5in) high; the HK$47,000 - 71,000 CNY38,000 - 56,000
mother-of-pearl snuff bottle carved in high Provenance: A European private collection and
relief with a stylised dragon curling upwards 十九世紀 琥珀雕童子葡萄紋鼻煙壺 thence by descent
grasping a lingzhi scroll in its mouth, with a
phoenix similarly depicted on the other side, Provenance: A European private collection and 來源：歐洲私人收藏，並由家族繼承下去
6cm (2½in) high (3). thence by descent
£3,000 - 5,000 The present lot is a fine example of the
HK$35,000 - 59,000 CNY28,000 - 47,000 來源：歐洲私人收藏，並由家族繼承下去 craftsmanship during the mid-Qing Dynasty
illustrataing the translucent clarity of the
十八/十九世紀 琥珀雕三猴紋鼻煙壺、螺鈿雕 The subjects of boys playing on a vine and material combined with the simplistic elegance
龍鳳鼻煙壺 the motif of grapes both represent a wish for of the shape of the snuff bottle.
ceaseless generations of sons and grandsons.
Provenance: A European private collection and See a related snuff bottle of compressed form
thence by descent illustrated by R.Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles:
The White Wings Collection, Hong Kong,
來源：歐洲私人收藏，並由家族繼承下去 1997, p.224, pl.156.
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