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A GROUP OF FOUR SNUFF BOTTLES A GROUP OF THREE AGATE SNUFF A CLOISONNÉ ENAMELED GILT
Including a compressed globular form BOTTLES BRONZE SNUFF BOTTLE
cinnabar lacquer bottle, carved with a figural 19th/early 20th century 19th century
and landscape reserve on each main side, The first a gray and honey-toned bottle, The rectangular bottle supported on a
and leafy lotuses on narrow sides, against utilizing the natural opaque inclusions in the neatly finished oval foot ring, its neck gently
a dark color ground filled with dense key- stone and carved with a horse; the second tapering towards a slightly recessed lip,
fret patterns (losses to lacquer on foot on a flattened globular bottle, each main side the main sides similarly decorated with two
rim, metal lip polished down); the second a carved with a seated Budai holding a scroll reserves, each with a crane and deer in the
Canton enamel copper bottle, painted with incised with yi tuan he qi characters, the foreground, a pine tree and mountain peaks
a female figure contemplating in a garden on shoulders surmounted with two raised lion in distance, framed by two birds with snake-
each main side (pitting in enamel, surface masks; the third of simple rectangular form like bodies, set against a rich blue ground
wear and abrasions); the third a coral bottle supported on a protruding and recessed oval filled with flower blossoms and leaf scrolls
carved with two striking faux lion mask-and- foot, the main sides with raised conforming between bands of ruyi heads and vertical
ring handles on narrow sides (stopper glued panels. lappets.
to neck); the fourth a pewter bottle with 2 1/4 to 2 3/8in (5.7 to 5.9cm) high 2 7/16in (6.2cm) high
incised and stippled flowers on both main
sides (small dents, staining). $1,000 - 1,500 $800 - 1,200
2 1/4 and 2 3/4in (5.7 to 7cm) high
6160 Provenance
$1,000 - 1,500 A MONGOLIAN SILVER AND ROCK Eldred’s Auction, East Dennis,
CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE Massachusetts, 28 August 1982
19th century
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in high relief with a luohan amid clouds, A MOLDED SOFT PASTE PORCELAIN
reversed by a pine emanating from a rocky SNUFF BOTTLE
outcropping in low relief, the silver mount and Late 19th century/early 20th century
stopper with coral and malachite inset. The ovoid bottle standing on a splayed,
3in (7.7cm) high protruding foot, with a deeply waisted neck,
its wide lip molded as an ancient coin with
$1,000 - 1,500 the central opening serving as the mouth of
the bottle, molded around the sides with the
Provenance Eight Daoist Immortals and cloud scrolls; the
Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York 25 January surfaces covered in very pale straw-toned
1978, lot 124 glaze except the base.
2 5/16in (5.8cm) high
$800 - 1,200

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