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PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION (LOTS 704 AND 705 INCLUSIVE)
歐洲私人珍藏（拍品第704及705號）
704
704
FIVE VARIOUS FLATTENED SNUFF BOTTLES
19TH CENTURY
清十九世紀 鼻煙壺一組五件
The group comprises a pale celadon and russet jade snuf bottle carved on one side with a dragon; a coral
snuf bottle carved with birds in a garden with pine, prunus and lingzhi fungus; a ‘realgar’ glass snuf bottle; a
hair crystal snuf bottle and an overlay glass snuf bottle carved with cranes, horses and fgures in a garden.
The largest 2√ in. (7.2 cm.) high, stoppers (5)
£2,000-3,000
$3,100-4,500
€2,800-4,100
PROVENANCE:
Private European collection.
~705
TWO IVORY SNUFF BOTTLES
18TH-19TH CENTURY
清十八/十九世紀 象牙人物圖鼻煙壺一組兩件
One fattened snuf bottle is carved on one side with a scholar and his servant
and on the other side with two scholars in a landscape. The other snuf bottle
is stained with green and red pigments and is carved in relief with a continuous
scene of elegant ladies on a fenced terrace overlooking a garden.
The largest 3Ω in. (9 cm.) high (2)
£2,000-3,000 $3,100-4,500
€2,800-4,100
PROVENANCE:
Private European collection.
705
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