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A GROUP OF SEVEN AGATE SNUFF TWO CAMEO-CUT AGATE SNUFF A CARNELIAN AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
BOTTLES BOTTLES Qing Dynasty, 1750-1850
Qing Dynasty Qing Dynasty Of rounded form with flattened sides, the
Comprising: three shadow agate bottles of Each deftly incorporating the naturally- stone neatly divided with areas of reddish
rounded square form; two banded agate occurring russet-coloured inclusions within brown and creamy crystalline inclusions,
bottles; a chalcedony agate bottle; and a the stone into the design, the first carved suggestive of a yin yang symbol, stopper.
macaroni agate bottle, four of which flanked in deep relief with a cockerel and foliage to The bottle: 5.5cm (2 1/8in) high (2).
by mask and ring handles, four with coral one side, stopper; the second with a crane
stoppers. The tallest bottle (with stopper): beneath pine to one side and a deer to the £800 - 1,200
9cm (3 1/2in) high (14). reverse, stopper. The tallest bottle (with HK$8,500 - 13,000
stopper): 7.2cm (2 7/8in) high (2). CNY7,100 - 11,000
£2,500 - 4,000
HK$27,000 - 42,000 £800 - 1,200 Provenance: Spink & Son Ltd. (label)
CNY22,000 - 35,000 HK$8,500 - 13,000 Robert Kleiner & Co. Ltd., 18th July 2012.
CNY7,100 - 11,000
Provenance: An English private collection,
and thence by descent.

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