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109 Ω
FOuR glASS SNuFF BOTTleS
A flattened oviform overlay example, the ruby-coloured exterior carved
to a bubble-infused body with archaistic shou characters, stopper,
bottle 6cm high; another overlay example with yellow upon ruby glass,
cut to reveal Shoulao to one side and qilin to the other, stopper, bottle
7cm high; an uncut overlay example of flattened oviform, stopper,
5.7cm high; and a 20th century inside-painted snuff bottle with
landscape to one side, birds on a branch to the other, stopper.
Bottle 6.2cm (8).
£400 - 600
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A SOFT PASTe PORcelAIN FAMIlle ROSe SNuFF BOTTle
111 Qianglong four-character seal mark but later
Of tapering cylindrical form enamelled with fishermen with their catch,
on a crackle ground.
8cm high
£250 - 350
111 Ω
TwO cARVed AgATe SNuFF BOTTleS
The first of blue and russet tones carved in deep relief with various
birds in flowering branches, the cover carved as a bird, 8.4cm high
overall; the second of warm ochre hue and carved to one side with a
tethered and saddled horse, stopper.
Bottle 6cm high (4).
£400 - 600
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THRee SNuFF BOTTleS
A porcelain flattened oviform bottle moulded in deep relief with the
eight Buddhist auspicious symbols within scrolling foliage upon a
key-pattern ground, all beneath a deep mazarin glaze, stopper, bottle
6cm high, a blue overlay glass bottle cut through to a bubble suffused
ground with a scholar and attendant beneath a gnarled pine to each
side spaced by faux mask and ring handles, raised oval footrim, 6cm
high; a white glass overlay on a black ground of flattened pear-shape
depicting cranes in flight, stopper
113 Bottle 5.4cm (5).
£300 - 500
113 Ω
A JAde PeBBle SNuFF BOTTle
19th century
The stone of grey-green hue to one side and speckled with russet skin
to the other, glass simulated coral stopper.
Bottle 5.3cm high (2).
£300 - 500
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A wHITe JAde SNuFF BOTTle
Of flattened oviform carved with mask and ring handles, oval footrim,
stopper.
Bottle 5.3cm high (2).
£600 - 800
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