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TWO OVERLAY DECORATED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES FOUR SNUFF BOTTLES
1830-1930 Late 19th/20th century
Each with an overlaid ‘bogu’ theme. Including three mother-of-pearl snuff bottles and one lac burgauté
2 3/8 and 2 1/2in (6 and 6.4cm) high bottle with faceted sides.
2 to 2 3/8in (5.1 to 6cm) high
US$1,000 - 1,500
US$800 - 1,200
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FOUR MOLDED AND ENAMELED PORCELAIN SNUFF 9150
BOTTLES A FOUR-COLOR OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1796-1860 1820-1880
The first molded with the Eight Daoist Immortals and cloud scrolls The bubble suffused clear glass body decorated with green, red, blue
(wear and soiling), the second decorated with a continuous and yellow overlays, carved to depict a heron flying over a lotus pond
mythological scene of deities and demons in riverscape, the third (chips).
finely molded in rounded relief with the Eighteen Luohans against 2in (5.1cm) high
a wave ground (chips, wear and losses to enamels), the fourth
depicting a battle scene and figures within a walled compound (tiny US$300 - 500
chips); each bearing an apocryphal Qianlong mark on its base.
2 1/4 to 3in (5.7 to 7.2cm) high 9151
A CARNELIAN SNUFF BOTTLE
US$1,000 - 1,500 Modeled as a fish, the details rendered with incised lines (spoon
separated from stopper, cork stuck in neck.
9146 2in (5.1cm) long
A RED OVERLAY ‘SNOWFLAKE’ GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1750-1850 US$400 - 600
Carved with figures on both main sides separated by serrated rocks
and trees (rim chipped). 9152
2 3/8in (6cm) high FOUR AMETHYST SNUFF BOTTLES
The first a fish-form carving drilled as a bottle, the second modeled
US$1,000 - 2,000 as a qilin, the third carved as a fruit with a bug, the fourth designed
as a horned beast carrying a vase on its back (chips).
9147 1 3/4 to 4in (4.5 to 10.1cm) high
A RED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
Probably Imperial, attributed to the Palace Workshops, Beijing, 1730- US$1,000 - 1,500
1800
The moon flask form bottle supported by a neatly finished oval foot 9153
ring, with a waisted neck, flat lip, the narrow sides decorated with A GROUP OF THREE SNUFF BOTTLES
two raised lion mask-and-ring handles (rim polished down, lacking 20th century
spoon). Comprising a dual overlay decorated white glass snuff bottl worked
2 1/8in (5.4cm0 high with black and white overlay, carved with numerous herons above a
band of wave patterns, one black overlay caramel glass snuff bottle
US$1,000 - 1,500 and one red overlay clear glass bottle decorated with a ‘double-
happiness’design.
9148 2 3/8in (6cm) high
AN ETCHED CHERYY AMBER SNUFF BOTTLE
20th century US$2,000 - 3,000
The front of the bottle etched with the landscape of the historical
battlefield Chibi and figures in a boat, the upper right with an
inscription matching the scene, the reverse incised with Hou Chibi
Fu (Red Cliff Rhapsody) composed by Su Dongpo in 1082, dated
xinchou (1961), with an illegible signature, the narrow sides inscribed
Xiao dang jieli and Zhong ce jinming, all washed in green (rim
chipped).
2 3/4in (7cm) high

US$1,000 - 1,500

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