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An unusual nephrite scroll-form double
snuff bottle
Late 18th/19th century

Designed as a scroll rolled to form two conjoined bottles, one side

of the scroll carved with dense flower heads, the reverse decorated

with bamboo and a pine tree rising behind rocks; the off-white stone

revealing some russet and icy-white inclusions.

2 1/8in (5.4cm) high

$2,000 - 3,000

Property from Another Owner

8088
A white jade snuff bottle
Well-hollowed, of compressed spherical form, flat rim, gently recessed
foot, executed from a white stone with a subtle grayish tinge, marked
with faint russet inclusions.
2 3/8in (6cm) high
$3,000 - 5,000

Property from the Collection of Frank and
Georgia James

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An amber snuff bottle
Late Qing dynasty
The rounded square bottle with a flared neck, flat rim, raised oval
foot, decoration around the side walls of an intriguing scene depicting
a scholar sitting in candlelight by the window of a house within a
courtyard in an atmospheric landscape filled with trees and rocks, a
young servant standing nearby, the shoulders of the bottle flanked
with two fierce-looking lion mask-form handles suspending faux rings.
2 3/4in (7cm) high
$1,500 - 2,500

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