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SNUFF BOTTLES

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A BANDED AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE A FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN SNUFF

19th century BOTTLE

86 Of flattened round form one side carved in Bearing Qianlong seal mark and possibly of
high relief with two boys trying to catch bats, the period

in a smoky lavender stone with carved white Of pear-shape and relief moulded with a

layer, brown agate stopper, continuous scene of boys at play in a rocky

7cm high landscape on a wave ground,

7.5cm high

£300 - 500

£300 - 500
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A FINE INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF 90
BOTTLE AN OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
By Yan Yutian, dated 1895 AND ANOTHER
One side painted with two magpies perched 19th century
on a rock, the other with a chrysanthemum The clear glass with a black overlay carved
spray issuing from a vessel, signed Yan as various shou characters, 6.5cm high,
Yutian, yiwei year, seal of the artist, (stopper together with an inside painted and overlaid
missing), snuff bottle,
6cm high 7.5cm high

£600 - 800 £300 - 500

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A FAMILLE ROSE RELIEF MOULDED A RELIEF MOULDED PORCELAIN SNUFF

SNUFF BOTTLE BOTTLE

Bearing Chenghua four-character mark but Bearing Jiaqing seal mark and of the period

87 19th century Relief moulded to one side with several

The pear-shape bottle decorated all over with figures, one rising from waves to present a

a scene figures in a walled garden, (stopper basket of fruit to a figure on a boat, the other

lacking), side featuring various immortals upon clouds,

7cm high all decorated in famille rose enamels,

5.8cm high

£250 - 350

£500 - 700

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