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A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE ‘CONFRONTING DRAGONS’ SNUFF A BLUE AND WHITE ‘HUNDRED BIRDS’ SNUFF BOTTLE
BOTTLES 19th century
Guangxu six-character marks and probably of the period The baluster shape with elongated, cylindrical neck, delicately painted
Each pear-shaped bottle enamelled with two writhing, scaly dragons with a scene of numerous magpies alighting over and perched atop a
chasing a flaming pearl amongst billowing, polychrome clouds, all gnarled pine, the base unglazed.
above green waves at the foot and iron-red keyfret borders at the 6.2cm (2 1/2in) high
neck, one bottle with white metal mounts and stopper.
7.3cm (2 7/8in) high (3). £800 - 1,200
CNY6,900 - 10,000 HK$7,800 - 12,000
£1,500 - 2,000
CNY13,000 - 17,000 HK$15,000 - 20,000 276 *

274 * Y A FAMILLE ROSE ‘NINE DRAGON’ SNUFF BOTTLE
Pengcheng Tang four-character mark, Late Qing Dynasty
A FAMILLE ROSE SNUFF BOTTLE Enamelled with nine brightly coloured, scaly dragons writhing amidst
Daoguang seal mark and of the period polychrome clouds above tumultuous waves at the foot.
The flattened bottle enamelled with a scene of a boy tending geese, 7.5cm (3in) high
the reverse with a scholar sage and servant in a garden, stopper.
5.5cm (2 1/8in) high £1,500 - 2,000
CNY13,000 - 17,000 HK$15,000 - 20,000
£800 - 1,200
CNY6,900 - 10,000 HK$7,800 - 12,000

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