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SIX AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES
Qing Dynasty
All relief-carved and decorated with: a chilong, stopper with rabbit
finial, wood stand; a prowling cat to the front and a crane and pine to
the reverse, stopper with butterfly finial; prunus and bamboo, stopper
and wood stand; lotus, lotus leaf stopper; crane and lotus, stopper
with bird finial and a gourd-shaped bottle, matched stopper and
wood stand.
The tallest bottle (with stopper): 11cm (4 3/8in) high excluding wood
stand (15).
£700 - 1,000
HK$7,400 - 11,000
CNY6,200 - 8,800

Provenance: An English private collection, and thence by descent.
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438
TWO GREEN FLUORITE SNUFF BOTTLES AND SEVEN AGATE
BOTTLES
19th century
Comprising: a large green fluorite bottle relief carved with peony,
stopper and wood stand; a smaller bottle carved with lady to front
and lotus to reverse, stopper; together with five agate examples
variously carved in relief with: chilong to sides, stopper and wood
stand; deer below pine to front and crane below pine to reverse,
stopper; a dragon, stopper with flaming pearl finial, wood stand;
butterfly and peony, stopper and wood stand; fish and waves,
stopper; phoenix, stopper with bird finial and wood stand; and a plain
ovoid agate bottle with stopper and wood stand.
The tallest bottle (with stopper): 9cm (3 1/2in) high (24).

£800 - 1,200
HK$8,500 - 13,000
CNY7,100 - 11,000

Provenance: An English private collection, and thence by descent.
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TWO JADE AND FOUR AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES
Qing Dynasty
Comprising: a pale green jade bottle and stopper on wood stand
and a mottled green jade bottle carved in shallow relief; together with
four agate bottles variously relief-carved with: figure and horse to
front and fisherman to reverse, domed stopper and wood stand; fish
and lotus, stopper and wood stand; fish and salamander and horse
below pine tree.
The tallest bottle (with stopper): 7.5cm (3in) high excluding stand
(14).
£800 - 1,200
HK$8,500 - 13,000
CNY7,100 - 11,000
Provenance: An English private collection, and thence by descent.

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