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A GROUP OF FOUR SNUFF BOTTLES
Including two rock crystal bottles (small chips), one carved with
bamboo, the other carved as a melon group; one inside-painted
glass bottle, decorated with the Eight Daoist Immortals, unsigned;
and one white glass bottle imitating white jade.
2 1/16 to 2 9/16in (5.3 to 6.5cm) high

$1,200 - 1,800

6155
A GROUP OF SIX PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES
19th/early 20th century
Including three enameled porcelain bottles, one painted with geese,
with Guangxu mark and of the period (foot ring chipped), the second
painted with a katydid in a garden, the reverse inscribed with a
two-line poem with three painted seal marks, with an apocryphal
Qianlong mark on base (staining), the third of globular form, with
a long cylindrical neck, shaped openwork handles, painted with
five dragons amongst clouds in underglaze blue against an yellow
enameled ground, the underside with an apocryphal Kangxi mark;
the fourth a circular porcelain bottle painted in iron-red with two 6155
identical dragons, the base with an apocryphal Qianlong mark
(extensive staining to base); two molded and enameled porcelain
bottles, one modeled as a squirrel and grapes, the other a dual-
layered bottle, the outer layer molded and carved with the Eighteen
Luohan, some details as well as the lip and foot pad heightened with
gilt paint, with a Qianlong mark on the base. [6]
2 1/8 to 2 7/8in (5.4 to 7.3cm) high

$2,000 - 3,000
6156
A GROUP OF EIGHT PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES
19th/early 20th century
Including four cylindrical form bottles, two painted in copper-red
and underglaze blue, the other two painted in underglaze blue with
landscapes; one meiping-form blue and white bottle with a waterside
village; the sixth a rounded rectangular bottle, painted in underglaze
blue on a crackle glazed ground with figures and scholar’s objects;
the seventh and eighth of ovoid-shape, one depicting warriors on
horses, greeted by a figure at the gate of a walled city, the other
applying copper-red and underglaze blue, depicting Zhongkui and a
demon.
2 1/2 to 3 1/8in (6.4 to 8cm) high

$1,000 - 1,500 6156
Due to the large number of items in this lot, condition reports and
photographs of individual items will not be available.

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A GROUP OF TEN COPPER-RED AND UNDERGLAZE BLUE
DECORATED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES
19th/early 20th century
Each of cylindrical form, painted continuously around the side walls
with either a fictional episode or a legendary scene with figures
in landscape; five bottles with apocryphal Yongzheng marks, one
painted with a tiger on the base, each of the other four bottles
carrying a similar floral band to the recessed base (surface wear,
some with soiling, staining, and small chips).
3 1/8 to 3 1/4in (8 to 8.3cm) high

$2,000 - 3,000
Due to the large number of items in this lot, condition reports and
photographs of individual items will not be available.

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