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†532

TWO ROCK CRYSTAL AND ONE QUARTZ SNUFF
BOTTLE
19TH CENTURY

One rock crystal bottle is carved around the sides with two
dragons amidst cloud scrolls. The other rock crystal bottle is
carved on either side with a boy approaching an Immortal in a
fenced garden. The smokey quartz bottle is carved on one side
with a monkey below a pine tree and on the other side with a
monkey near lingzhi fungus.
The largest 3 in. (7.5 cm.) high, three stoppers

(3)

£800-1,200 $1,200-1,700
€1,100-1,500

532 PROVENANCE:

Property from a Private American Collection, assembled prior to
1960.

清十九世紀 水晶鼻煙壺兩件及茶晶鼻煙壺一
組三件 來源：美國私人舊藏, 於1960年前購入

†533

A PAINTED ENAMEL SNUFF BOTTLE
19TH CENTURY

The bottle is decorated on one side with two scholarly
fgures attending to Budai and the other side with boys at
play, all in a garden landscape. The base has an apocryphal
Qianlong mark.
1æ in. (4.6 cm.) high, stopper

£800-1,200 $1,200-1,700
€1,100-1,500

PROVENANCE:

Property from a Private American Collection, assembled
prior to 1960.

清十九世紀 銅胎畫琺瑯布袋和尚圖鼻煙
壺 來源：美國私人舊藏, 於1960年前購入

533 (two views)

†534

TWO GLASS OVERLAY SNUFF BOTTLES
19TH CENTURY

One bottle is carved in black overlay to the bright blue ground with
Dongfang Shuo carrying a branch of peach on one side and Liu Hai seated
on his three-legged toad on the other. The other bottle is carved with green
overlay to the snowfake ground with a panel of peach and lotus.
The largest 2¬ in. (6.7 cm.) high, two stoppers

(2)

£500-800 $720-1,100
€630-1,000

PROVENANCE:

Property from a Private American Collection, assembled prior to 1960.

清十九世紀 藍地套黑玻璃鼻煙壺及黃地套綠玻璃鼻
煙壺一組兩件 來源：美國私人舊藏, 於1960年前購入

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