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THREE HARDSTONE SNUFF BOTTLES
19th century
Comprising: a silhouette agate snuff bottle
carved on one side to depict two birds above
a tree, stopper; a fossiliferous limestone
snuff bottle of rounded form, coral stopper;
and a bowenite snuff bottle, mother-of-pearl
stopper.
8cm (3 1/8in) high (6).
£1,800 - 2,200
HK$17,000 - 21,000
CNY15,000 - 19,000
Provenance
The silhouette agate bottle, Robert Kleiner 682
Collection; the bowenite bottle, Robert Hall
From a London private collection, acquired in
the 1980s and 1990s

Exhibited
The bowenite bottle, Robert Hall, Bi Yan Hu,
London, 6th-22nd June, 2001, no 35

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THREE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
19th century
Comprising: an uncut four colour glass
overlay snuff bottle; a blue, pink and white
spotted translucent glass snuff bottle; and
a turquoise glass snuff bottle formed as a
bunch of grapes with attendant branches
and squirrel.
The tallest: 8cm (3 1/8in) high (6).

£1,000 - 1,500
HK$9,700 - 15,000
CNY8,500 - 13,000
683
Provenance
The spotted bottle, The Asian Art Studio,
the Guarnero Collection, Italy, Christie’s New
York, 2 December 1994, lot 500
From a London private collection, acquired in
the 1980s and 1990s

VARIOUS PROPERTIES
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FIVE GLASS OVERLAY SNUFF BOTTLES
19th/20th century
Carved through various combinations of
colours to depict crickets, lotus flowers,
peaches and figures riding buffalos.
7.5cm (2 7/8in) high (10).

£800 - 1,200
HK$7,800 - 12,000
CNY6,800 - 10,000

Provenance
from the collection of Erika Pohl-Ströher
(1919-2016) 684

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