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AN AGATE ‘COCKEREL’ SNUFF BOTTLE
18TH-19TH CENTURY

The bottle is carved in high relief with a cockerel standing on rocks beside a
fowering branch of cockscomb, representing the rebus, guanshang jiguan,
which may be translated as ‘may you rise in rank again and again’. Its eye
and feathers are fnely detailed. The stone is of an attractive, even honey and
caramel tone.
3 in. (7.7 cm.) high, stopper

£1,000-1,500 $1,500-2,200
€1,300-1,900

PROVENANCE:

Collection of the Duchess of Roxburghe (1878-1937).

清十八/十九世紀 瑪瑙官上加官鼻煙壺
來源：Duchess of Roxburghe舊藏

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THREE GLASS OVERLAY SNUFF BOTTLES
19TH CENTURY

The group comprises: a snowfake-ground snuf bottle carved in red overlay with a tree shrew amongst fruiting
vines; another black overlay on pink-ground bottle is carved with leaping fsh above waves between mask and ring
handles; a third six-colour glass overlay bottle is carved on the white ground with bats in fight above pomegranate
and precious objects between butterfy handles.
The largest 2¬ in. (6.8 cm.) high, three stoppers

(3)

£500-700 $720-1,000
€630-880

PROVENANCE:

Collection of the Duchess of Roxburghe (1878-1937).

清十九世紀 白地套六色玻璃鼻煙壺，粉紅套黑玻璃鼻煙壺及雪霏地套紅玻璃鼻煙
壺一組三件 來源：Duchess of Roxburghe舊藏

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