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AN AGATE ‘TREE SHREWS AND GRAPEVINE’ SNUFF BOTTLE
19th century
The flattened globular bottle with a concave lip, the front carved in low
relief with frolicking animals, the inclusions in the stone worked into the
design, stopper.
5.3cm (2in) high (2).

£2,000 - 3,000
CNY17,000 - 26,000 HK$20,000 - 29,000

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AN AGATE ‘JUJUBE AND BEETLE’ SNUFF BOTTLE
Late Qing Dynasty
The pebble form bottle carved to simulate a date, with three beetles
clambering over the outside, the colour of the stone used to
differentiate the design.
5cm (2in) high

£800 - 1,200
CNY6,900 - 10,000 HK$7,800 - 12,000

Provenance
Bob C. Stevens Collection, prior to 1961
The Dodge Collection
Sotheby’s, New York, 17 March 1997, lot 262

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AN AGATE SILHOUETTE SNUFF BOTTLE
Late Qing dynasty
With a concave lip and recessed footrim, the globular bottle carved in
low relief with a foreign rider atop a camel, the design picked out from
the caramel-coloured inclusion.
5.2cm (2in) high
£800 - 1,200
CNY6,900 - 10,000 HK$7,800 - 12,000

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.