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A CARVED CHALCEDONY SNUFF BOTTLE A SHADOW CHALCEDONY SNUFF BOTTLE
1830-1920 1860-1930
Well-hollowed, the compressed globular bottle with a slightly evert The bottle of square profile with a short, waisted neck, flat lip, subtly
neck, recessed lip and foot, carved in the style of Suzhou School concave foot, one narrow side borrowing the natural dark areas in
on one side with figures crossing a bridge outside of a gate tower, the gray-colored stone, smartly designed with a figure holding a ruyi
the reverse depicting two figures playing weiqi in a setting filled with scepter, opposing a squatted monkey holding a peach branch, one
rocks; the gray-toned matrix marked with black and deep russet main side carved with a single bat in flight (cork stuck in neck).
patches and striations (tiny chips). 2 1/2in (6.4cm) high
1 7/8in (4.8cm)
US$1,500 - 2,500
US$2,000 - 3,000
9180
9176 A CARVED CHALCEDONY SNUFF BOTTLE
AN ENAMELED WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE 1850-1930
Qianlong four-character mark, 20th century Well-hollowed, of rounded square profile, with a cylindrical neck,
The compressed globular bottle with a waisted neck, flat lip, one side recessed lip, oval foot ring, decorated with a lion dog and a bird
painted with a blooming magnolia tree and peony flowers, the reverse on one of the main sides, framed by two faux lion mask-and-ring
depicting two long-tailed birds perching on leafy peach branches handles on the narrow sides (chips).
bearing numerous blossoms, the oval foot ring encircling the four- 2 1/4in (5.7cm) high
character mark painted in blue enamel (lacking spoon).
1 7/8in (4.8cm) high US$1,500 - 2,500

US$4,000 - 6,000 9181
TWO INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES,
9177 The first a conjoined clear glass bottle with raised conforming
A CANTON ENAMELED COPPER SNUFF BOTTLE panels to the sides, one bottle painted with a katydid on a cabbage
Qianlong mark, 19th century opposing to a still life of potted flowers, stacked books and scrolls,
The sides painted in pleasant enamels with a continuous scene the other depicting tranquil landscape on one side, reversed with
displaying a scholar and his young attendant in a spring garden filled a slender female leaning against rocks under a blooming tree,
with tender greens, blooming flowers, and ornamental rocks, the foot inscribed, dated dingwei (1907), with a signature of Rongjiu, two
with the four-character mark within an exposed copper foot ring. seals; the second an amber glass bottle of elongated form, with a
1 7/8in (4.8cm) high waisted neck, recessed lip, thin oval foot ring, lavishly painted to
depict a dragon boat festival, and figures at an elaborate palace with
US$3,000 - 5,000 mountains in the far horizon, titled Longzhou Jing Du (Racing Dragon
Boats), dated wuxu (1898), with one signature reading Bi Rongjiu,
9178 two painted red seals.
A CAMEO CHALCEDONY SNUFF BOTTLE 2 3/16 and 3 5/8in (5.6 and 9.4cm) high
20th century
Utilizing the opaque brown skin in the semi-translucent russet and US$3,500 - 4,500
gray bottle, carved with a pine issuing from rocks on one side,
reversed with a bat holding a leafy peach in its mouth (tiny nicks to 9182
rim, neck reduced). TWO ANIMAL-FORM SNUFF BOTTLES
1 3/4in (4.5cm) high 20th century
The first a jadeite bottle carved in the form of a three-legged toad
US$800 - 1,200 (chipped, lacking stopper), the second a carnelian bottle designed as
a dragon tortoise (chipped).
3 and 3 1/4in (7.2 and 8.3cm) long

US$500 - 700

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