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A GROUP OF EIGHT VARIOUS SNUFF
BOTTLES
Qing Dynasty to 20th century
Comprising: a white jade ‘horse’ snuff bottle,
agate stopper; a rock crystal bottle formed
as three finger citron, hardstone stopper; a
rock crystal bottle humorously carved as a
mythical beast, stopper; a green hardstone
bottle carved as a toad with a shell on its
back; a porcelain snuff bottle simulating
coral, carved in relief with flowering plants,
agate stopper; a red overlay glass snuff
bottle with double-xi characters; a hardstone
snuff bottle with a carp leaping from waves,
lapis lazuli stopper; and a porcelain snuff 224
bottle enamelled with twin dragons flanking
shou emblems.
The tallest: 8cm (3 1/8in) high (16).
£500 - 800
HK$4,200 - 6,800
CNY3,900 - 6,200

THE PROPERTY OF GENTLEMAN
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A PAIR OF CARVED ‘WALNUTS’ AND
TWO SNUFF BOTTLES
19th to 20th century
Comprising: two carved walnuts, the first
with monkeys clambering amongst pine
trees, the second with Shoulao and the
‘Hundred Luohans’, two wood stands; a
glass painted snuff bottle signed and dated
jiazi year, corresponding to 1984, finely
painted with a scholar, a monk and a lady in
a continuous landscape, agate stopper; an
agate snuff bottle carved in low relief with
scholars in a pastoral landscape, quartz
stopper. The tallest: 8.5cm (3 3/8in) high (8).

£800 - 1,200 225
HK$6,800 - 10,000
CNY6,200 - 9,300
To be sold without reserve

Provenance
A European Private Collection
226 Y
TWO PALE GREEN JADE SNUFF
BOTTLES AND ONE GLASS SNUFF
BOTTLE
19th century and later
Comprising a green jade baluster bottle with
incised bats, coral stopper; a pale green jade
bottle with cloudy inclusions, standing on a
concave foot and terminating in a galleried
rim, stopper; and a pale green glass bottle
imitating jade, coral stopper. The first: 6.2cm
(2 1/2in) high (6).

£700 - 1,000
HK$5,900 - 8,500
CNY5,400 - 7,700
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For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. ASIAN ART - PART I | 87