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A ROOT AMBER SNUFF BOTTLE
19th century
Of slightly flattened ovoid form, surmounted by a flaring tubular neck
with a broad lip and small mouth, the shoulders finely carved with lion
mask and mock ring handles, all supported on an inset concave oval
foot, the swirled variegated ocher material with patterns resembling
burl wood.
3in (7.6cm) high

US$3,500 - 5,000

十九世紀 琥珀雕鋪首銜環耳鼻煙壺

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A CINNABAR RED SNUFF BOTTLE
Imperial, Beijing Palace Workshops, 18th century
Of flattened shield shape, each side carved cinnabar lacquer with sixty
stylized shou characters on an ocher lacquer wan-fret diaper, all within
a leiwen border, with a waisted neck.
2 1/2in (6.4cm) high
US$2,000 - 3,000

十八世紀 剔紅雕萬壽紋鼻煙壺

Several identical, similarly dated bottles have been published,
leading scholars to believe the bottles were originally part a of set
commissioned to celebrate an imperial birthday. Given the count of
sixty shou medallions, the birthday was likely a significant one. For
similar bottles see Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang,
A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Mary and George Bloch
Collection, vol.7 part 1, Hong Kong，2009, no.1543, and sold in
our Hong Kong rooms 29 May 2010, lot 110; Bob C. Stevens The
Collector’s Book of Snuff Bottles, New York, 1976, no. 760, and Clare
Lawrence, Miniature Masterpieces from the Middle Kingdom, The
Monimar Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, London, 1996, no 8.

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