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THE PROFESSOR MARCEL VAN EYCK COLLECTION OF CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES
(1910-1933), ACQUIRED IN 1965 (LOTS 545-548 INCLUSIVE)

547

547 PROVENANCE:

A CAMEO AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE AND TWO OVERLAY GLASS The Professor Marcel Van Eyck Collection of Chinese Snuf Bottles
SNUFF BOTTLES (1910-1993), Belgium, acquired in 1965.
18TH-19TH CENTURY
清十八/十九世紀 瑪瑙及玻璃鼻煙壺一組三件
The group comprises: a cameo agate bottle carved with a Buddhist lion and
a bat, the carver utilising the opaque caramel areas of the stone; a red glass
overlay bottle carved through the overlay with dragons on a white snowfake
ground; and a blue glass overlay bottle carved with a bat, lingzhi and peach.
The largest 2º in. (5.7 cm.) high, three stoppers

(3)

£1,500-2,500 $2,200-3,600
€1,900-3,100

548

A PALE CELADON JADE SNUFF BOTTLE AND AN AMBER
SNUFF BOTTLE
19TH CENTURY

The group comprises: a jade bottle carved in relief with fowering prunus above
two fsh in a pond and to the reverse with a poetic inscription followed by two
seals Chen and Long, the stone is of an even pale celadon tone; the amber snuf
bottle is carved in relief with a deer, a bat and a lingzhi fungus, the amber is of a
rich golden tone with hair-like inclusions.
The jade snuf bottle 2º in. (5.8 cm.) high, two stoppers

(2)

£1,500-2,500 $2,200-3,600
€1,900-3,100

PROVENANCE: 548

The Marcel Van Eyck Collection of Chinese Snuf Bottles (1910-1993), 173
Belgium, acquired in 1965.

清十九世紀 青白玉梅花詩文鼻煙壺及琥珀動物紋鼻煙
壺一組兩件