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FIVE BLUE AND WHITE SNUFF BOTTLES FOUR UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND COPPER FOUR BLUE AND WHITE SNUFF
19th/ early 20th century RED SNUFF BOTTLES BOTTLES
Comprising: a cylindrical bottle painted with 19th century 19th century
a tiger on a terrace peeking at a dragon and Comprising: two blue and white cylindrical Comprising: two bottles with pencil-drawn,
phoenix in the sky above, Xianfeng four- ‘dragon’ snuff bottles, one with Qianlong four- scrolling lotus motifs, one with a Yongzheng
character mark; a further cylindrical bottle character marks, and two copper-red and four-character mark; a meiping shaped bottle
decorated with monkeys, Qianlong four- cobalt blue bottles painted with fish swimming with scrolling peonies; and a cylindrical bottle
character mark; a bottle decorated with the amongst seaweed, one with a further fish to painted with pomegranate, peonies and finger
zodiac animals; a bottle painted with the eight the base. citron.
horses of Mu Wang, base unglazed; and a jar- The largest, 8.2cm (3 1/8in) high (4). The largest: 7.8cm (3 in) high (4).
shaped bottle with mythical beasts in a wavy
sea beside a temple, stopper. £1,000 - 1,500 £800 - 1,200
The largest, 8.2cm (3 1/8in) high (6). CNY8,700 - 13,000 HK$9,800 - 15,000 CNY6,900 - 10,000 HK$7,800 - 12,000

£1,000 - 1,500 Provenance
CNY8,700 - 13,000 HK$9,800 - 15,000 Purchased at the Art & Antique Fair, Olympia
in the 1980’s.
Provenance
Purchased at the Art & Antique Fair, Olympia
in the 1980’s.

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please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.