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A soapstone ‘Lantern Festival’ snuff bottle         A white and russet jade ‘double gourd’            An enamelled Yangzhou glass snuff bottle
Qing dynasty, 18th/19th century                     snuff bottle                                      Qianlong four-character seal mark and of the
The stone carved with a continuous scene of         Qing dynasty                                      period
young boys celebrating the Lantern Festival,        The semi-translucent stone worked in the form     Painted on both sides with floral sprays picked
two figures performing the lion dance and           of a double gourd issuing a gnarled branch        out in vivid tones of violet, pink, lavender,
others playing gong, carrying flags and             entwined with leafy vine scrolls issuing further  yellow and white with green leaves, the base
lanterns, all within borders of keyfret scrolls at  smaller double gourds, a monkey clambering        incised with a four-character zhuanshu seal
the neck and footrim.                               up the side trying to reach the fruit.            mark.
7.8cm high.                                         8cm high.                                         6.5cm high.
HK$80,000 - 120,000                                 HK$35,000 - 55,000                                HK$15,000 - 20,000
US$10,000 - 15,000                                  US$4,500 - 7,100                                  US$1,900 - 2,600

清 18/19世紀 壽山石雕花燈節鼻煙壺                                清 白玉帶皮猴攀葫蘆鼻煙壺                                     清乾隆 揚州作玻璃胎畫琺瑯花卉紋鼻煙壺

Provenance 來源:                                                                                        Provenance 來源:
Gerry Mack collection                                                                                 Acquired in Hong Kong, April 1992
Paula J. Hallett collection
Sotheby’s New York, 27 June 1986, lot 61

Illustrated 出版:
Bob Stevens, The Collector’s Book of Snuff
Bottles, New York, 1994, no.648.
Journal of the International Chinese Snuff
Bottle Society, Vol.XVI No.5, Spring 1985, front
cover.

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