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35 A small collection of snuff
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20th century
Comprising: six carved overlay glass
bottles, five inside painted glass bottles, two
enamelled glass bottles, of which one with a
Qianlong mark and one bearing Guyuexuan
mark, two carved glass bottles, two green
stone bottles, a painted enamel bottle with
a Qianlong mark, a grey agate bottle carved
with archaistic designs, a tiger’s eye bottle
and a cylindrical porcelain bottle enamelled
in iron red with a dragon amongst clouds;
together with three volumes on Chinese snuff
bottles: L. S. Perry, Chinese Snuff Bottles,
Charles E. Tuttle Company Publishers,
Japan, 1960; R. Hall, Chinese Snuff Bottles
II, Techprinting Ltd, 1989; R. Hall, Chinese
Snuff Bottles III, Techprinting Ltd, 1990; and a
Sotheby’s 1998 catalogue.
The largest: 9.8cm (3 7/8in) high (25).

£1,000 - 1,500
CNY9,600 - 14,000 HK$12,000 - 18,000

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A large group of hardstone,
glass and inside painted snuff
bottles
Qing Dynasty and later
Comprising: an inside-painted glass bottle
painted with a Manchu official, inscribed
Yan Yutian, made in winter, renshen year; a
lapis lazuli bottle with matching stopper; four
overlay glass bottles; seven agate bottles;
two puddingstone bottles; five inside painted
bottles. The inside painted bottle: 7cm (2
3/4in) high (40).

£600 - 800
CNY5,800 - 7,700 HK$7,200 - 9,600