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           SEVEN JADEITE SNUFF BOTTLES       SEVEN HARDSTONE SNUFF BOTTLES    A TOURMALINE, FOUR AMETHYST AND
           Qing Dynasty                      Qing Dynasty                     TWO ROSE-QUARTZ SNUFF BOTTLES
           Of various forms and carved in relief with:   Relief carved in various minerals and   TOGETHER WITH AN AMETHYST
           phoenix in branches to each side, stopper   comprising: malachite depicting lady in   PENDANT
           and wood stand; foliate flanges to corners,   garden, stopper and wood stand; turquoise   Qing Dynasty
           stopper with bird finial and with wood   with squirrels in fruiting vine, stopper and   The tourmaline bottle relief-carved with
           stand; figures in boat to one side, stopper;   wood stand; turquoise depicting peony,   butterflies and foliage, stopper with peony
           figural scenes to each side, stopper; a frog   stopper and wood stand; lapis lazuli with   finial, wood stand; the amethyst examples
           ascending one side, stopper; one carved   mountain goats, stopper and wood stand;   variously relief-carved with: peony, bird and
           in low relief with diaper and bearing side   lapis lazuli featuring a deer below pine,   rockwork, stopper with bird finial, wood
           flanges, stopper, together with a plain   stopper; agate with cat and butterfly, stopper  stand; peony and bird, flower head stopper;
           oviform example.                  and another agate bottle depicting birds in   conjoined fish, stopper with fish finial, wood
           The tallest bottle (with stopper): 9cm (3 1/2in)  branches, stopper and wood stand.   stand: bird amidst prunus, stopper with bird
           high (15).                        The tallest bottle (with stopper): 7.8cm (3   finial; birds and lingzhi fungus, matching
                                             1/16in) high excluding stand (19).  stopper; birds amidst peony, matching
           £1,500 - 2,000                                                     stopper together with an amethyst bird
           HK$16,000 - 21,000                £800 - 1,200                     and gourd pendant. The tallest bottle (with
           CNY13,000 - 18,000                HK$8,500 - 13,000                stopper): 9.8cm (3 7/8in) high (18).
                                             CNY7,100 - 11,000
           Provenance: An English private collection,                         £800 - 1,200
           and thence by descent.            Provenance: An English private collection,   HK$8,500 - 13,000
                                             and thence by descent.           CNY7,100 - 11,000
                                                                              Provenance: An English private collection,
                                                                              and thence by descent.






















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