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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION (LOTS 1109 AND 1110)
私人珍藏 (拍品第1109及1110號）
1109
TWO AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES, A BAMBOO SNUFF BOTTLE, AND A CLOISONNÉ
ENAMEL SNUFF BOTTLE
1780-1850
清1780-1850年 瑪瑙、竹及掐絲琺瑯鼻煙壺一組四件
The group comprises: a small banded agate snuf bottle; a brown agate ‘peanut’ snuf bottle; a bamboo
snuf bottle decorated with two Buddhist lion handles; and a cloisonné enamel snuf bottle decorated with
fowers, the base is marked Jingtailan, which may be translated as ‘cloisonné enamel’.
The largest, 2º in. (5.8 cm.) high (4)
£2,000-3,000 $3,100-4,500
€2,800-4,100
PROVENANCE:
Property from a private collection.
1110
THREE GLASS OVERLAY SNUFF BOTTLES
1780-1850
清1780-1850年 藍料、霏雪地套綠玻璃及白地套黑玻璃鼻煙壺一組三件
The group comprises a green overlay ‘snowfake’ glass ‘Three Abundances’, sanduo, snuf bottle, depicting
a peaches, pomegranates and plums; a black overlay glass snuf bottle carved through to the opaque white
ground with groups of censers; and a white glass overlay snuf bottle carved through to the translucent
blue ground with two bats holding peaches at the sides.
The largest 2º in. (5.7 cm.) high (3)
£1,500-2,500 $2,300-3,800
€2,100-3,400
PROVENANCE:
Property from a private collection.
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