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SEVENTEEN HARDSTONE SNUFF BOTTLES AN INSIDE PAINTED SNUFF BOTTLE
Late Qing Dynasty Ye Zhongsan (1875 – 1945), dated by inscription to Jiyou year
Consisting of a variety of stones, plain and variously carved, including (AD1909)
a moss agate bottle and a jadeite bottle, eight stoppers. 8.2cm Delicately painted to one side with a scene of an elegant lady
(3.1/4in) tall max. (25). on horseback with her two attendants, being spied upon by a
young gentleman and his attendant from behind a rock, below the
£800 - 1,200 inscription ‘West Lake’, the reverse with the same party on boats
HK$8,000 - 12,000 picking lotuses from the carp-strewn pond, all below an inscription
CNY7,000 - 11,000 bearing date, signature and seal of the artist, stopper. 7.5cm (3in)
high (2).
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A FAMILLE ROSE FIGURAL SNUFF BOTTLE AND A FAMILLE £2,000 - 3,000
HK$20,000 - 30,000
ROSE MOULDED SNUFF BOTTLE CNY18,000 - 26,000
Iron red Daoguang and Jiaqing seal marks and probably of the
periods
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The first, decorated to one side with a farmer bringing an ox to 471 *
a scholar, the reverse with an archer, the base with an iron-red TWO FAMILLE-ROSE SNUFF BOTTLES
Daoguang four-character seal mark in a line, coral stopper; the Daoguang seal mark and of the period and Qianlong seal mark, late
second moulded and enamelled in bright colours with the Eight Qing Dynasty
Immortal in the Isles of the Blessed, Jiaqing seal mark to base, The first decorated to each side with a cockerel amongst flowering
matching stopper. plants; the second moulded with ladies and numerous boys at play in
The tallest: 7.3cm (2 7/8in) high (4). a pavilion garden. 7.5cm (3in) long max. (2).
£1,000 - 1,500 £1,000 - 1,500
HK$10,000 - 15,000 HK$10,000 - 15,000
CNY8,800 - 13,000 CNY8,800 - 13,000

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