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8005
A CINNABAR LACQUER ‘LANDSCAPE’ SNUFF BOTTLE
19th/early 20th century
Of flattened ovoid shape, each side finely carved through layers
of red lacquer to depict a view of figures heading towards walled
temples in a mountainous landscape, each scene framed by lotus
scrolls at the sides, and foliate scrolls and lappets at the shoulder
and foot.
2 1/2in (6.2cm) high

$2,000 - 3,000
十九世紀/二十世紀初 剔紅山水圖鼻煙壺

8005

8006
A MINIATURE RED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
18th century
Of flattened spherical form, the shoulders rising to a tubular neck
with a wide mouth, all supported on a slightly splayed foot ring, the
thin transparent walls causing the glass to appear pink.
1 1/2in (3cm) high

$2,000 - 3,000
十八世紀 紅料光素袖珍鼻煙壺

A number of glass bottles of this size are illustrated by Hugh Moss,
Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff
Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol. 5, Hong Kong,
2002, nos. 678, 711, 779, 789, and 815. The authors note that by
the standards of the larger bottles of the Qianlong period onwards,
bottles of this size might be considered miniature, but such small
bottles were not unusual from the Yongzheng and early Qianlong 8006
reigns, op. cit. p. 320.

8007
A BLACK AND RED DOUBLE OVERLAY WHITE GLASS ‘HORSE
AND MONKEY’ SNUFF BOTTLE
19th century
The flattened globular body of opaque white glass, overlaid with
black on red, carved to each face to form the design of a monkey
and a horse, the shoulders carved with lion mask and mock ring
handles, the overlay also carved to form the oval foot ring.
2 1/8in (5.5cm) high

$2,000 - 4,000
十九世紀 涅白地套紅黑料馬上封侯圖鼻煙壺

Provenance
Y.F. Yang & Co., Hong Kong, 1973

Illustrated 8007
The International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Journal, Spring 1995,
cover.
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