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AN UNUSUAL AND FINE INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF ONE JADE AND ONE CORAL SNUFF BOTTLE
BOTTLE Jade bottle: late 18th/19th century
Manner of Zhou Leyuan, dated by inscription to xinmao, corresponding The thin-sectioned jade bottle well-hollowed, with a deeply waisted
to 1891 neck, flat lip, splayed protruding foot, each narrow side carved with
The rounded rectangular bottle supported by a splayed foot ring, with a crawling chilong in rounded relief; the stone of russet and gray
a gently tapering neck, slightly concave lip, skillfully and sensitively coloration with some cloud-like inclusions; the coral bottle with a
painted in subdued colors on one side with a pensive lady holding a rounded oval foot ring, spreading neck, flat lip, carved on narrow sides
scroll, seated next to a desk with scholar’s objects, the upper right with two faux lion mask-and-ring handles.
inscribed xinmao zhong qiu (mid-autumn of year 1891), bearing a Zhou 2 7/8 and 2 1/4in (6.7 and 5.7cm) high
Leyuan signature and followed with a red seal; the reverse displaying
a placid lotus pond, with a carefully painted bird perching on a slender US$1,000 - 1,500
lotus branch and an insect hovering around.
2 5/16in (5.8cm) high
PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
US$1,500 - 2,000
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TWO ENAMELED SNUFF BOTTLES
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MRS. F. J. CROMBIE, 20th century
LAKE ELMO, MINNESOTA
The first a milky white glass bottle of ovoid form, painted in bright
enamels around the side walls with a two exotic birds and a butterfly
5221 in a garden with a plum flower tree, peonies, and morning glories
TWO MONOCHROME GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES rising from rocks, the underside with an apocryphal Yongzheng four-
Late 18th/19th century character mark in blue enamel enclosed within an oval foot ring; the
The first a rounded bottle in caramel color, with a cylindrical neck, second a tapering ovoid metal bottle decorated in enamels with two
concave lip, oval foot ring, the narrow sides carved with two bats, reserves, each displaying three boys in a garden setting, all against a
each suspending two chained rings from its mouth; the second a red enameled ground filled with leafy flowers and scrolls, the underside
baluster form yellow glass bottle standing on a carefully finished carrying an apocryphal Qianlong four-character mark.
oval foot ring, with a waisted neck, flat lip, one side lightly etched in 2 1/2 and 2 5/8in (6.4 and 6.7cm) high
black with four luohan in various poses, the reverse utilizing the same
technique, inscribed with a short introduction of the figures, above a US$800 - 1,200
four-line poem etched neatly in clerical script.
2 and 2 5/8in (5.1 and 6.7cm) high
Please note that this lot is being offered without reserve.
US$800 - 1,000 無底價拍品
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TWO JADE-INSET METAL SNUFF BOTTES
19th/early 20th century
The first a silver bottle in the form of a butterfly, worked in repoussé
technique on one side displaying a large butterfly under a leafy
blossom, the reverse inset with a conforming white jade plaque with an
identical design; the second a double-gourd bottle, the gilt metal body
with filigree flowers, further adorned with inlaid turquoise beads and
enamels, the upper bulb mounted with a jadeite piece.
2 1/8 and 2 7/8in (5.4 and 7.3cm) high

US$800 - 1,200
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