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A FINE RED GLASS ‘EIGHT BUDDHIST A RED OVERLAY WHITE GLASS AN AMBER SNUFF BOTTLE
EMBLEMS’ SNUFF BOTTLE ‘SQUIRRELS AND GRAPES’ SNUFF Qing Dynasty
18th/19th century BOTTLE Carved in relief to one side of the flattened
Of flattened spherical form, rising from an 19th century body with an elderly scholar guided by his
oval foot rim and surmounted by a waisted Of compressed globular form, the red boy attendant below a gnarled pine tree, the
neck, each side carved with two of the ‘Eight overlay carved on both sides with a squirrel reverse with a lady dressed in long flowing
Buddhist Emblems’, bajixiang, all rendered in scampering among twisting, gnarled vines robes and billowing ribbons holding a fan.
high relief, the glass of a translucent and rich issuing leaves and grape clusters. 6.3cm (2 6.3cm (2 1/2in) high.
ruby-red tone. 5cm (2in) high. 1/2in) high.
£600 - 1,000
£1,500 - 2,000 £800 - 1,200 CNY5,300 - 8,800
CNY13,000 - 18,000 CNY7,100 - 11,000 HK$6,600 - 11,000
HK$16,000 - 22,000 HK$8,800 - 13,000
Provenance
Provenance Provenance A distinguished Asian private collection
A distinguished Asian private collection A distinguished Asian private collection
395 *
389 * 392 * A SHADOW AGATE ‘MAGPIES’ SNUFF
A FINE POLYCHROME GLASS SNUFF A FINE RED OVERLAY WHITE GLASS BOTTLE
BOTTLE SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century
18th/19th century 18th/19th century Well hollowed, of square form with rounded
Of compressed globular form rising from The bottle of compressed pear-shaped form, corners, the narrow sides flanked by animal
a slightly concave base to a flaring neck, the opaque white ground overlaid in red mask and ring handles, the inclusions to one
liberally decorated with yellow, orange, purple depicting hovering butterflies above leafy side carved to suggest two magpies perched
and black splashes. 4.6cm (1 6/8in) high. branches of blossoming peonies issuing from on a leafy branch with the sun overhead.
rockwork. 4.9cm (2in) high. 5.5cm (2 2/8in) high.
£800 - 1,200
CNY7,100 - 11,000 £1,500 - 2,000 £800 - 1,200
HK$8,800 - 13,000 CNY13,000 - 18,000 CNY7,100 - 11,000
HK$16,000 - 22,000 HK$8,800 - 13,000
Provenance
A distinguished Asian private collection Provenance Provenance
A distinguished Asian private collection A distinguished Asian private collection
390 * A similar red overlay white glass snuff bottle, Compare with a related shadow agate
A FINE GREEN GLASS ‘CHILONG’ SNUFF 1750-1900, is in the Victoria and Albert ‘magpie’ snuff bottle, 18th/19th century,
BOTTLE Museum, London and illustrated by H.White, which was sold at Sotheby’s New York, 13-14
18th/19th century Snuff Bottles from China: The Victoria and September 2016, lot 221.
The bottle of globular form rising from an Albert Museum Collection, London, 1992,
oval foot rim to a straight neck, each face pp.172-173, no.2.
finely carved depicting an archaistic design 396 *
of two stylised and confronting chilong with AN AGATE ‘COCKERELS AND PRUNUS’
bifurcated tails, the translucent glass of a rich 393 * SNUFF BOTTLE
green colour. 7.1cm high A RARE LARGE INSIDE-PAINTED ROCK Late Qing Dynasty/Republic period
CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE Finely carved around the exterior with a scene
£3,000 - 4,000 Signed Ma Shaoxuan, cyclically dated to 1915 of two cockerels with meticulously incised
CNY27,000 - 35,000 and of the period plumage atop a rocky knoll beside gnarled
HK$33,000 - 44,000 Of rectangular form carved with mythical branches of blossoming prunus, the stone of
beast-heads on the shoulders issuing loop cloudy beige-colour with natural striations of
Provenance handles on the sides, the interior of one face caramel-brown. 6cm (2 3/8in) high.
A distinguished Asian private collection painted with a luohan meditating on a sutra
seated under a gnarled pine tree beside a £2,000 - 3,000
A very similar glass bottle but in red, Qianlong, recumbent deer, signature of the artist and CNY18,000 - 27,000
is illustrated by S.Kwan, Glass Snuff Bottles, inscription, the reverse side depicting another HK$22,000 - 33,000
Hong Kong, 2009, p.114, no.25. luohan seated in quiet contemplation beside a
cliff, box. 9.2cm (3 5/8in) high. (2). Provenance
A distinguished Asian private collection
£1,000 - 2,000
CNY8,800 - 18,000
HK$11,000 - 22,000
Provenance
A distinguished Asian private collection

The inscription reads:

袁世凱大總統賞鑒

Which may be translated as:

For the appreciation of President Yuan Shikai

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