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A IRON-RED ENAMELLED ROBIN’S EGG
GLAZED ‘ZHONG KUI’ SNUFF BOTTLE
AND A MOULDED PORCELAIN SNUFF
BOTTLE
19th century, the moulded bottle four-
character Jiaqing mark and of the period
The smaller bottle painted in iron red to depict
the corpulent figure surrounded by three
attendants, a further two on the reverse, the
shoulders set with lion mask handles, bronze
stopper; the other moulded and painted to
depict figures within a watery landscape some
borne on clouds, iron red four-character mark,
matching stopper. 53
The tallest: 6.5cm (2 5/8in) high (4).
£1,000 - 1,500
HK$9,700 - 15,000
CNY8,500 - 13,000
Provenance
A London private collection amassed
between the 1970s and 1990s and thence
by descent.

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THREE JADE SNUFF BOTTLES
Qing Dynasty
Comprising: a pale celadon rectangular
bottle with bevelled edges; a rectangular
bottle set with lion head ring handles; and
a compressed rounded bottle suffused with
dark brown veins, all with stoppers.
7cm (2 3/4in) high (6).

£1,000 - 1,500
HK$9,700 - 15,000 54
CNY8,500 - 13,000

Provenance
A London private collection amassed
between the 1970s and 1990s and thence
by descent.

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THREE JADE SNUFF BOTTLES
19th century
Comprising: a white jade bottle; a pale
celadon bottle; and a russet jade bottle.
The tallest: 6cm (2 3/8in) high (6).
£800 - 1,200
HK$7,800 - 12,000
CNY6,800 - 10,000
Provenance
A London private collection amassed
between the 1970s and 1990s and thence
by descent.
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