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The Property of a British Family 英國家族藏品
                                                             Lots 163 - 165
                                                             163  Y
                                                             A YELLOW AND RUSSET JADE ‘SAMPAN’ SNUFF BOTTLE
                                                             18th/19th century
                                                             Carved in relief on one side with a landscape depicting a sage crossing
                                                             a river on a sampan beneath high cliffs and pine trees, above a
                                                             continuous border of crashing waves picked out in the russet skin, the
                                                             reverse with a cluster of vaporous clouds issuing a pearl, the shoulders
                                                             with animal-mask handles. 6.3cm (2 1/2in) high.

                                                             £4,000 - 6,000
                                                             CNY35,000 - 53,000
                                                             十八/十九世紀 黃玉帶皮泛舟圖鼻煙壺

                                                             Provenance: according to family history, which is supported by family
                                                             records illustrating the progress of British troops in Beijing at the time,
                                                             this object was acquired by a military attaché posted to Beijing at the
                                                             time of the Boxer Rebellion in 1900. He was attached to the staff of
                                                             Brigadier-General A.Gaselee, the commander of the British contingent.
           163
                                                             來源:據家族歷史記錄,1900年義和團運動期間,藏家作為英國准將
                                                             阿爾弗雷德·蓋斯利的隨行外交官得此拍品於北京。



                                                             164  Y
                                                             A YELLOW AND RUSSET JADE ‘LANDSCAPE’ SNUFF BOTTLE
                                                             18th/19th century
                                                             Finely carved with a recessed oval foot rising to rounded shoulders
                                                             flanked by animal-mask handles and a short tubular neck, the stone
                                                             of a yellowish-green tone mottled with large russet patches depicting
                                                             the design, one side with a sage sitting at ease in a mountainous
                                                             landscape among high cliffs and pine trees, the other side with a
                                                             cluster of rocks below the auspicious inscription Shoushan Fuhai
                                                             translating as ‘Your age ancient as the mountains, your happiness
                                                             wide as the sea’. 6.4cm (2 1/2in) high.
                                                             £2,500 - 4,000
                                                             CNY22,000 - 35,000

                                                             十八/十九世紀 黃玉帶皮山水圖鼻煙壺

                                                             Provenance: please refer to Lot 163 above
           164
                                                             來源:據家族歷史記錄,1900年義和團運動期間,藏家作為英國准將
                                                             阿爾弗雷德·蓋斯利的隨行外交官得此拍品於北京。




                                                             165
                                                             A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE ‘GOURD’ PEBBLE SNUFF BOTTLE
                                                             18th/19th century
                                                             The pebble-shaped bottle in the form of a gourd, carved in relief with
                                                             gnarled tree branches issuing curling leaves and a smaller gourd,
                                                             pursued by a swooping bat, the stone of a pale tone with russet
                                                             inclusions highlighting the reverse. 5.8cm (2 1/4in) high
                                                             £1,500 - 2,000
                                                             CNY13,000 - 18,000

                                                             十八/十九世紀 白玉帶皮瓜棱隨形鼻煙壺

                                                             Provenance: please refer to Lot 163 above

                                                             來源:據家族歷史記錄,1900年義和團運動期間,藏家作為英國准將
                                                             阿爾弗雷德·蓋斯利的隨行外交官得此拍品於北京。
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