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A BLACK AND WHITE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE A CARVED CHALCEDONY SNUFF BOTTLE
20th century 20th century
Of compressed globular form, one side utilizing the white portion in utilizing the russet layer in the gray-toned matrix, one side carved
the black stone, carved in high relief with a horse on wave scrolls, the with a horse exhaling vapor and a yinyang symbol, the reverse
reverse carved with dramatic, faceted rocks (lacking spoon). finished with a small ruyi-form cloud scroll.
2in (5.1cm) high 2 1/4in (6.4cm) high

US$4,000 - 6,000 US$400 - 500

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AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE A WHITE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
Ye Family Studio, 1916 Originally a toggle, drilled as a snuff bottle, depicting a vegetable
The square-form bottle painted in soft-hued colors to one side with wrapped with leaves and calyx; the white stone cast with cloud-like
three men in conversation on a riverside road, titled Wang Huolang inclusions and faint russet fissure lines (lacking spoon, small chips).
(Peddler Wang), the reverse depicting an interior scene, with a Toggle connected to a snuff bottle, small chips to rim
scholar painting by a long desk, while two women standing nearby,
titled Nishui xiucai (scholar from Nishui), dated bingchen (1916), US$2,000 - 4,000
signed Ye Zhongsan, one seal (small chips to mouth rim, lacking
spoon). 9207
2 3/8in (6cm) high TWO CARVED CHALCEDONY SNUFF BOTTLES
Each utilizing the opaque caramel inclusions in the stone, one
US$3,000 - 5,000 carved with a figure rowing a sampan, the other showing a monkey
on a horse and looking back at bee (small chips, one bottle lacking
9202 spoon).
A DUAL-OVERLAY DECORATED RED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE 2 1/8in (5.4cm) height of each
1850-1930
The thin-sectioned bottle of rich ruby-red color, decorated with white US$1,200 - 1,500
and green overlay, carved with figures in a craggy landscape with
dwellings under trees (small chips, spoon separated from stopper 9208
and stuck in neck). A CARNELIAN SNUFF BOTTLE
2 15/16in (6.3cm) high One side carved in relief with a golden fish (uneven surfaces, cracks,
chips).
US$600 - 800 2in (5.1cm) high

9203 US$400 - 600
A WHITE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
The well-hollowed bottle built in rounded square form, with a waisted 9209
neck, recessed lip, oval foot ring, one side carved with a bat hovering No lot
around a meditating sage under a large tree, the reverse showing a
tethered horse (lacking spoon).
2 3/4in (7cm)

US$5,000 - 8,000

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TWO MOLDED AND ENAMELED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES
1800-1860
Both molded and painted in bright enamels, one depicting a
mythological scene of figures preparing a treasure-offering ceremony
(chipped, lacking spoon), and the other displaying figures engaged
in various crop processing activities at a commune courtyard (spoon
broken and stuck in neck), both further decorated with rockwork and
with a Qianlong nian zhi mark to the recessed base.
2 1/2 and 3in (6.4 and 7.1cm) high

US$1,000 - 1,500

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