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A FINE JADEITE ‘BUTTERFLY AND A BLUE-GROUND YIXING SNUFF AN AMBER SNUFF BOTTLE
MELON VINE’ SNUFF BOTTLE BOTTLE 18th/19th century
Late 18th/early 19th century 19th century Of flattened rounded form rising to a
The flattened circular body carved in low With recessed panels on either side painted cylindrical neck, the amber of golden honey
relief with butterflies amongst melon vines, with Pekingese dogs strolling in a garden, the tone with faint cloudy inclusions, with jadeite
the fruits suspended from foliate stems bottle covered overall in a deep blue glaze, mounted stopper. 5.3cm (2 1/8in) high (2).
issuing scrolling tendrils, the stone of lustrous with mask ring handles to the sides.
apple-green tone, with creamy russet 6.9cm (2 3/4in) high £2,500 - 3,500
inclusions to the reverse, with coral stopper. HK$24,000 - 34,000
5.1cm (2in) high (2). £800 - 1,200 CNY21,000 - 30,000
HK$7,800 - 12,000 To be sold without reserve
£6,000 - 8,000 CNY6,800 - 10,000
HK$58,000 - 78,000 Provenance
CNY51,000 - 68,000 677 Y An English private collection.
To be sold without reserve AN ENAMELLED GLASS ‘COCKERELS’
SNUFF BOTTLE See Snuff Bottles in the Collection of the
Provenance Early 20th century National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1991,
An English private collection. The rounded body decorated with cockerels p.254, no.378, for a similar opaque amber
beneath chrysanthemum flowers emerging bottle preserved in its original cinnabar
Compare with a related jadeite snuff bottle, from a rock, the base with a Guyue xuan, lacquer case.
Qing dynasty, but carved with designs of ‘Ancient Moon Pavilion’ mark, coral stopper.
chilong, which was sold at Christie’s Hong 6.5cm (2 5/8in) high (2).
Kong, 8 October 2020, lot 43.
£800 - 1,200
HK$7,800 - 12,000
CNY6,800 - 10,000

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
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