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A rare Kesi weave Imperial ‘dragon’ roundel,
Qing Dynasty, 19th century, woven with a
Mang dragon with four claws, the dragon
appears new born with a body of sinuous
clouds and solid gold thread, his well defined
face has embroidered eyes and long whiskers
and two horns, the dragon curls around the
pearl of wisdom and its fiery elements and
sits in a sky of shaded blue clouds edged with
a single gold thread, approximately 28.5cm to
edge mount, gold mount, framed
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Provenance:
Private English Collection

The Mang dragons were worn on Imperial
Nobel’s surcoats of the third rank, as recorded 90
in Huang chao li qi tushi, the 1759 court A Chinese pink ground glass snuff bottle, 19th century, overlaid with the eight horses of Muwang in white, jadeite stopper; overall 6.5cm high; a
regulations. Only two roundels were placed on Chinese blue ground snuff bottle, 19th century, carved in black overlay with Liu Hai on his toad with Dongfang Shuo holding a peach branch, rose
the surcoat, this being the back roundel. quartz stopper, overall 6.5cm high; a Chinese clear glass snuff bottle, 19th century, carved in overlay with blue fish amongst lotus and aquatic plants,
red coloured stopper, overall 9cm high and a Chinese pink ground glass snuff bottle, 19th century, carved in overlay with black fish, blue glass
清十九世纪 缂丝龙纹补子 stopper, overall 7cm high (4)
拍品来源：英国私人收藏
晚清 各式套玻璃鼻烟壶一组四件
£600-800
£300-400

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A Chinese gilt-metal mounted red glass hat A Chinese inner painted snuff bottle, with figures sitting in a pavilion
finial and a celadon jade plume holder, Qing on a water edge, signed Zhou Leyuan with seal, coral coloured glass
Dynasty, the finial overall approximately 7cm stopper, overall 7.5cm high and a Chinese inner painted snuff bottle, with
long and jade plume holder 7.5cm long (2) chrysanthemum branches and poem, dated 1969, hard stone stopper, 7.8cm
overall height (2)
清代红玻璃官帽钮及青白玉翎管
周乐元款内画鼻烟壶等两件
£500-700
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A Chinese shadow agate snuff bottle, 19th century, carved with two mythical
beasts and sympathetically using the dark inclusions of the stone, the metal
stopper with green glass, 7cm high including stopper x 5.5cm wide x 2.2cm
deep

Provenance:
From a Noble English family, prior to 1921
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清19世纪 影子玛瑙双犬图鼻烟壶
拍品来源：英国显赫贵族收藏，购自1921年前

£250-350
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