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A SILVER ‘CHRYSANTHEMUM’ SNUFF BOTTLE
Tu Mao Xing three-character mark, circa 1900.
Of flattened globular form with long neck supported on an oval foot,
the exterior decorated in relief with large peony blossoms borne on a
dense ground of scrolling foliage. 7.5cm (3in) high (2).

£3,000 - 5,000
CNY26,000 - 43,000

約1900年 銀纏枝牡丹紋鼻煙壺
「塗茂興」楷書印款

Provenance: an English private collection, and thence by descent

來源:英國私人收藏,並由後人保存迄今                                                                                            275
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274                                                                    AN SUZHOU AGATE ‘THREE MONKEYS’ SNUFF BOTTLE
THREE JADE ‘PEBBLE’ SNUFF BOTTLES                                      18th/19th century
18th/19th century                                                      The rounded and slightly flattened bottle with high shoulders,
Comprising one carved in relief to one side with a coastal scene       decorated in relief to one side with three dangling monkeys picking
depicting rocky cliffs and sun setting amongst undulating waves, the   lingzhi fungus in a cliff side garden, the details highlighted with mottled
stone of a pale green tone highlighted with russet inclusions, 7.8cm   and russet inclusions, the reverse carved with three characters
(3 1/8in) high; a white jade bottle of compressed globular shape,      describing the scene reading ‘Cai Zhi Tu’, which may be translated as
modelled in the form of a gourd issuing from scrolling meanders and    ‘a sketch of lingzhi plucking’. 5.1cm (2in) high (2).
wrapped with leaves, 5.2cm (2in) high; and a gourd-shaped bottle with
lobed sides, the stone of pale green tone, 5cm (2in) high. (6).        £2,000 - 3,000
                                                                       CNY17,000 - 26,000
£3,000 - 5,000
CNY26,000 - 43,000                                                     十八/十九世紀 蘇作瑪瑙巧雕靈猴採芝鼻煙壺

十八/十九世紀 玉隨形鼻煙壺 一組三件                                                    Provenance: an English private collection, and thence by descent

Provenance: an English private collection, and thence by descent       來源:英國私人收藏,並由後人保存迄今

來源:英國私人收藏,並由後人保存迄今

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot     FINE CHINESE ART | 185
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.
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