Page 72 - Chinese and Japanese Art Auction February 27 and 28th 2020 Galerie Zacke

589 | AN AGATE DOUBLE-GOURD SNUFF BOTTLE,
QING
China, 1644-1912. The partly translucent stone of an ochre to
chocolate brown color, carved in the form of a double gourd
with openwork carving of smaller gourd leaves and vines. With a
carnelian stopper.

Condition: Wear, chipping, and losses.
Provenance: Austrian private collection.
Weight: 46.1 g.
Dimensions: Height incl. stopper 65 mm. Diameter neck 13 mm and
mouth 6 mm.
Estimate EUR 300,-
Starting price EUR 150,-
585 | A BANDED AGATE ‘FLOATER’ 586 | A BANDED AGATE
SNUFF BOTTLE, MID-QING SNUFF BOTTLE, MODERN
China, 1750-1850. The bottle of a flattened, rounded form with a The stone is nicely banded in crystalline streaks varying from dark
broad cylindrical neck, a convex top, and a raised oval foot ring, brown to ochre and almost white. Although this is not a very old
carved from a stone of honey-brown tone with white and black bottle, the material is so beautiful, that we still felt it worthwhile to
speckles as well as amber to dark brown streaks. Agate stopper. include in this sale. Agate stopper on black platelet, spoon.

Condition: One small chip to the lip, tiny nibbling, otherwise Condition: Good condition with minor nibbling to neck and
excellent condition. few natural flaws to mineral. Well hollowed. Oval foot rim with 590 | A ‘MONKEYS AND PEACHES’ CAMEO AGATE
Provenance: Croatian private collection. recessed base. Flattened shape. SNUFF BOTTLE, LATE QING TO REPUBLIC
Provenance: A British private collection.
Weight: 52.4 g. China, late 19th century to early 20th century. Of a rounded square
Dimensions: Height incl. stopper 67 mm. Diameter neck 22 mm Weight: 42.6 g. shape with a cylindrical neck and a convex top, showing an amusing
and mouth 8 mm. Dimensions: Height including stopper 65 mm. Diameter neck depiction of two monkeys fighting over peaches, with a springing
15 mm and mouth 7 mm. lingzhi looming above, over a honey-yellow to amber ground.
Estimate EUR 300,-
Starting price EUR 150,- Estimate EUR 300,-
Starting price EUR 150,- Condition: Excellent condition with some old wear and traces of
use, minor nibbling.
Provenance: French estate.
587 | A BANDED AGATE ‘CHILONG AND QILIN’
SNUFF BOTTLE, LATE QING TO REPUBLIC 588 | A BANDED AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE, Weight: 63.8 g.
LATE QING TO REPUBLIC Dimensions: Height incl. stopper 73 mm. Diameter neck 24 mm and
China, 1850-1930. The bottle of a flattened ovoid form with a mouth 8 mm.
cylindrical neck, a convex top, and a raised circular foot ring, with China, 1850-1930. The bottle of a rounded square shape with a
a natural layer of opaque ochre carved and incised to depict a flat raised oval foot and a short cylindrical neck. Estimate EUR 300,-
sinuous chilong and a qilin circling each other. Starting price EUR 150,-
Condition: Minor wear and some chipping around the mouth,
Condition: Excellent condition with few minor traces of wear. stopper is missing.
Provenance: Croatian private collection. Provenance: Austrian private collection.
Weight: 27.1 g. Weight: 333.6 g.
Dimensions: Height incl. stopper 56 mm. Diameter neck 15 mm Dimensions: Height 50 mm. Diameter neck 16 mm and mouth
and mouth 85 mm. 7 mm.
Estimate EUR 400,- Estimate EUR 300,-
Starting price EUR 200,- Starting price EUR 150,- 591 | A CAMEO AGATE ‘SCHOLAR AND PUPIL’ SNUFF
BOTTLE, LATE QING TO REPUBLIC

China, late 19th century to early 20th century. The snuff bottle of a
compressed globular shape with a short flat oval base and a convex
top, showing in the front a scholar seated on a flowing rock, his
pupil, and a bat as well as black speckles all around. With a black
obsidian stopper.

Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear.
Provenance: American private collection.
Weight: 58.3 g.
Dimensions: Height incl. stopper 64 mm. Diameter neck 21 mm and
mouth 8 mm.

Estimate EUR 300,-
Starting price EUR 150,-

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