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AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE A GREEN AND RUSSET JADEITE SNUFF BOTTLE
Ma Family, dated 1912 1860-1940
The interior of the rounded rectangular bottle painted continuously Of tapering ovoid form, with a cylindrical neck, flat lip, recessed oval
with a ‘Children at Play’ theme, one side titled Bai Zi Tu (Illustration foot, the bottle executed from a matrix in rich russet and grayish-
of One Hundred Boys), the other side dated renzi (1912), with a green coloration (tiny chips at rim).
signature reading Ma Shaoxuan, two red seals (losses to pigment, 2 1/8in (5.4cm) high
cracks, lacking spoon).
2 1/4in (5.8cm) high US$1,200 - 1,500
US$2,000 - 3,000 9189
A CARVED CHALCEDONY SNUFF BOTTLE
9184 20th century
A WHITE JADE ‘CICADA’ SNUFF BOTTLE The ovoid form bottle carved with a horse standing next to a pine
20th century tree under the sun, the opposing side decorated with a bird in flight.
Boldly carved in relief and incised as a resting cicada, the white stone 2 1/4in (5.7cm) high
showing a pale gray tinge, streaked with paler color inclusions.
2 5/8in (6.8cm) high US$800 - 1,200
US$2,000 - 4,000 9190
A CARVED CAMEO CHALCEDONY SNUFF BOTTLE
9185 Well-hollowed, the square-form bottle with a cylindrical neck,
A CARVED CHALCEDONY SNUFF BOTTLE recessed lip, oval foot ring, one side utilizing the russet portion in the
1850-1930 pale gray-tinged stone, carved in relief with a fisherman under a pine
Well-hollowed, the flattened globular bottle of pale gray and russet tree (nicks).
coloration, one side carved with a squirrel on a grape vine below a 2 5/8in (6.7cm) high
butterfly.
2 5/8in (6.7cm) high US$2,000 - 3,000
US$2,500 - 4,000 9191
AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
9186 Ma Family, dated 1900
TWO CAMEO CHALCEDONY SNUFF BOTTLES The bottle of rounded rectangular form supported on a splayed
The first a well-hollowed bottle, 1860-1920 one side with a concave oval foot ring, one side painted with a vivid scene of a boy trying
surface, carved through the opaque russet layer in the translucent to subdue a wild cat biting a fan, the reverse inscribed with a
gray-tinged stone with two cockerels and a lingzhi plant, the reverse poem matching the painted theme, dated gengzi (1900), with a Ma
displaying a bat; the second a 20th century bottle decorated with a Shaoxuan signature and a red seal mark (losses to pigment, chips to
horse. rim).
2 1/4 and 2 1/8in (5.8 and 5.5cm) high 2 3/8in (6cm) high
US$2,000 - 3,000 US$1,500 - 2,500
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AN UNDECORATED CHALCEDONY SNUFF BOTTLE
The pear form bottle supported on a raised oval foot, with a waisted
neck, flat lip; the stone of pale russet and gray shade with patches of
deeper color inclusions.
2 3/8in (6cm) high
US$800 - 1,200
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