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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF EMMANUEL GRAN,
BY DESCENT
3288
A GROUP OF FOUR GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
The first a semi-translucent red fish-form bottle with incised details;
the second a apple green peach-form bottle with leaves in raised
relief; the third a black and white overlaid bottle with flowering bulbs and discoloration to green glaze).
and white foot ring (flower head chipped); the last a brownish-yellow
oval bottle with gold flakes in the translucent matrix. [4]
1 3/4 to 3 1/4in (4.5 to 8.2cm) high
$800 - 1,200
PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
3289
A GROUP OF FOUR VASE-FORM PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES
Two of meiping form decorated with scholars gathering in a bamboo
grove and two dragons amongst clouds; the third decorated with
a dragon chasing a pearl; and a fan shaped bottle with enameled
decoration of a figure resting beneath a pine tree with a bat on the
reverse; all unmarked.
2 3/8in (6cm) height of tallest
$1,000 - 1,500
3290
A GROUP OF FOUR CYLINDRICAL PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES
Including one underglaze blue bottle decorated with an eagle on a
rock, with a seal script Yongzheng mark; an underglaze blue bottle of
a scholar on a couch with magenta stained crackle, marked with a
leaf on the base; an underglaze blue and copper red example of two
figures riding a buffalo and a horse, bearing a six-character Yongzheng
mark; and a bottle with enameled decoration of a green dragon on a
white sgraffito decorated ground bearing an iron red four-character
Kangxi mark on the base (wear).
3 1/8in (8cm) height of tallest
$1,500 - 2,500
3291
A GROUP OF FOUR MOLDED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES
Two bottles of shaped form with foliate decoration with a straight neck
flanked by handles and raised on a flared foot; the third a double fish- with crabs amid water plants, the crabs picked out in black; the last
form bottle with deep blue glaze; and a green glazed bottle in the form
of a pea pod (heavy wear).
3in (7.6cm) height of tallest
$1,200 - 1,800
PROPERTY FROM A WEST COAST COLLECTION
3292
TWO FAMILLE ROSE ENAMEL DECORATED PORCELAIN
SNUFF BOTTLES
One of rounded square form with decoration of monkeys and
peaches, molded with mask and triple-ring handles; the second of
spade form decorated throughout with floral motifs, the recessed
bases both bearing an iron red Qianlong mark in seal script (rim chips).
2 5/8in (6.6cm) height of taller
$800 - 1,200
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3293
A LIME-GREEN GLAZED MOLDED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE
19th century
The well potted bottle standing upon a deeply recessed foot, rising
to a cylindrical neck, thin lip, the sides displaying a lone figure holding
a qin under his arm crossing a bridge stretching over a watercourse
surrounded by mountains dotted with trees and foliage plants (staining
2 7/8in (7.3cm) high
$1,000 - 1,500
3294
A GROUP OF THREE MOLDED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES
The first of tear-drop form decorated with a curled lotus pad with
raised blossoms and an insect in bright polychrome enamels; the
other two bottles both with Qianlong marks in red seal script, bearing
figural scenes with polychrome decoration.
3 1/2in (8.9cm) height of tallest
$1,500 - 2,500
3295
A GROUP OF THREE CYLINDRICAL PORCELAIN SNUFF
BOTTLES
One bottle with flared rim decorated on the body with a fu-lion above
a ball and pup in underglaze blue and copper red; one with enameled
decoration of a fisherman with calligraphic inscription and worn four-
character Yongzheng mark on the base; and a polychrome enameled
bottle depicting a figural scene of a pavilion by a lotus pond.
3 1/4in (8.2cm) height of tallest
$1,200 - 1,800
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF EMMANUEL GRAN,
BY DESCENT
3296
A GROUP OF FOUR PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES
First an oval-form bottle painted in famille rose enamels with a beauty
reversed by a crane, bearing a four-character Guangxu mark in iron
red; the second an oval-form bottle with black ground and opposing
figures in reserve, bearing a Chenghua mark in iron red; the third of
flattened pear-form with lime green glaze and molded in raised relief
a square-sided bottle with iron red and gilt trim surrounding square
figural reserves in famille rose enamels, the base bearing a four-
character Qianlong mark in iron red (all with wear).
2 to 2 5/8in (5 to 6.5cm) high
$800 - 1,200