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282 A CHALCEDONY AGATE ‘SAGE AND BATS’ SNUFF BOTTLE
19th century
283 Of rounded rectangular form rising from a oval recessed foot, one
19 0 | BONHAMS side carved in relief using the dark brown marking in the stone with a
wandering sage below two hovering bats. 6.2cm (2 3/8in) high

£3,000 - 5,000
CNY26,000 - 43,000

十九世紀 瑪瑙巧雕壽星蝠紋鼻煙壺

Provenance: Gerd Lester collection
Pauline Lester collection
Sotheby’s New York, 17 March 1997, lot 147
An Asian private collection of snuff bottles

來源： Gerd Lester舊藏
Pauline Lester舊藏
1997年3月17日於紐約蘇富比拍賣，拍品147號
亞洲私人藏鼻煙壺珍品

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A CHALCEDONY AGATE ‘LIUHAI AND TOAD’ SNUFF BOTTLE
19th century
The flattened body, rising from a recessed oval foot, with the natural
colour of the stone skilfully picked out with Liu Hai dancing joyfully
near his Three-Legged Toad, the reverse with irregular dark inclusions,
wood and gilt-metal stopper. 4.9cm (1 7/8in) high (2).

£2,500 - 3,500
CNY22,000 - 30,000

十九世紀 瑪瑙巧雕劉海戲蟾鼻煙壺

Provenance: Colonel Melville and Mrs Ruth Noyes, acquired by the
Colonel during his service in the US Occupation Forces in Japan,
1946-1951
An American Mid-Western collection
Sotheby’s New York, 23-24 March 1998, lot 261
An Asian private collection of snuff bottles

來源：
Melville Noyes伉儷舊藏，1946至1951年間於佔日盟軍服役期間
購自日本
美國中西部私人舊藏
1998年3月23至24日於紐約蘇富比拍賣，拍品261號
亞洲私人藏鼻煙壺珍品

A related agate snuff bottle, 1800-1850 depicting Liu Hai and the
Three-Legged Toad is illustrated in Chinese Snuff Bottles: A miniature
art from the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, Hong Kong, 1994,
p.284, pl.225.

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A VERY PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE ‘PEACH’ SNUFF
BOTTLE
18th/19th century
Skilfully carved with a hovering butterfly amidst leafy branches,
the stone of very pale greenish-white tone with minor pale russet
inclusions. 5.3cm (2 2/8in) high

£1,000 - 1,500
CNY8,600 - 13,000

十八/十九世紀 青白玉壽桃鼻煙壺

Provenance: an Asian private collection of snuff bottles

來源：亞洲私人藏鼻煙壺珍品

Compare a jade bottle, 1730-1800, illustrated by H.Moss in A Treasury
of Chinese Snuff Bottles. The Mary and George Bloch Collection:
Jade, Hong Kong, 1995, Vol.1, p.165, pl.65.

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