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A SMOKY CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE THREE ENAMELED METAL SNUFF BOTTLES
19th century 19th/early 20th century
Well-hollowed, of compressed globular form with a flat foot, The first a tapering cloisonné enameled bottle with two opposing
cylindrical neck, slightly recessed lip, one side carved with the poet reserves, each framing a crane at lotus pond, separated by classic
Wang Xizhi with a goose, the reverse carved with lingzhi and bamboo lotus blossoms and leafy scrolls; the second a rounded metal bottle
by serrated rocks (surface wear and abrasions). with enameled bajixiang emblems; the third a miniature cloisonné
2 3/4in (7cm) high enameled bottle decorated with butterflies and foliage branches.
1 3/8 to 2 3/4in (3.5 to 7cm) high
$1,000 - 1,500
$700 - 1,000
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF SYLVIA H. GOTTLIEB,
GREAT NECK, NEW YORK Provenance
Tapering cylindrical cloisonné enameled snuff bottle:
6151 Madison Galleries, Ltd., New York, acquired 1971
Enameled silver ‘bajixiang’ snuff bottle:
A HARDSTONE ‘COIN’ SNUFF BOTTLE Sotheby’s New York, 16th April 1985, lot 0147
Late 19th/20th century Rounded cloisonné enameled snuff bottle:
Well-hollowed, the rounded square bottle carved on the obverse Robert Hall, France, acquired 30th September 1992
in low relief with a Spanish eight reales coin from 1816, and the
Spanish coat-of-arms on the reverse; the stone of buff and pale
russet coloration. PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
2 7/8in (6.7cm) high
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$800 - 1,200 THREE STONE SNUFF BOTTLES
The first converted from a white jade toggle, carved as a melon
Provenance group issuing from undercut woody stems bearing leaves and
listed in an appraisal report compiled by Robert W.L. Kleiner, scrolling tendrils, with two squirrels crawling on the larger melon
Sotheby’s, 2 September 1988 (soiling, staining, tiny chips); the second a white stone bottle in the
form of a lobed melon, the side walls decorated with leafy branches
and scrolling tendrils (small chips, mouth rim polished down; the third
an gray agate bottle ‘wrapped’ within a shield-form case with incised
key-fret borders (pinpoint nicks).
1 7/8 to 2in (4.8 to 5.1cm) high
$1,200 - 1,800
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