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SNUFF BOTTLES FROM A LONDON
PRIVATE COLLECTION, ACQUIRED IN
THE 1980S AND 1990S, LOTS 679-683
679 680 Y 681 Y
AN ENAMELLED PORCELAIN ‘KATYDID’ A MOTHER-OF-PEARL SNUFF BOTTLE THREE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES
SNUFF BOTTLE AND A PORCELAIN AND AN AMBER SNUFF BOTTLE 19th Century
‘DRAGON’ SNUFF BOTTLE 19th Century Comprising: a pear shaped bottle moulded
19th Century The amber bottle of flattened rounded form, in openwork relief with a phoenix to one side
The katydid snuff bottle with a rounded well hollowed, and set with lion heads each and a descending dragon to the other; a
body supported on a rounded conical foot, suspending double rings; the mother-of-pearl bottle of compressed rounded form delicately
a katydid on one side and a pair of fighting bottle carved in the shape of a melon with painted with a lion on one side and two
crickets on the reverse; the other bottle of an attendant stem bearing a smaller fruit pigeons on the reverse, set with lion head
rounded flattened form, painted in iron-red incorporating the purple colouration in the handles, a four character Zhendetang mark
with a continuous scene of a five-clawed shell, with metal and coral stoppers. to the base, coral stopper; and a cylindrical
dragon among peonies. 7cm (2 3/4in) high (4). hai wu tian chou bottle, depicting a pagoda
The tallest: 8cm (3 1/8in) high (4). among clouds, bats and a crane in flight
£800 - 1,200 against a sgraffito ground.
£1,000 - 1,500 HK$7,800 - 12,000 The tallest: 9cm (3 1/2in) high (6).
HK$9,700 - 15,000 CNY6,800 - 10,000
CNY8,500 - 13,000 £1,000 - 1,500
Provenance HK$9,700 - 15,000
Provenance From a London private collection, acquired in CNY8,500 - 13,000
From a London private collection, acquired in the 1980s and 1990s
the 1980s and 1990s Provenance
The dragon bottle, Dr Louis Walmersley
Collection, Vanessa F Holden Collection
From a London private collection, acquired in
the 1980s and 1990s

The depiction of the sea, pavilion, and cranes
in flight form the rebus hai wu tian chou,
which expresses a wish for longevity.

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