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           A GROUP OF TWELVE MONOCHROME
           PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES
           19th/20th century
           Comprising: a blue slender oviform bottle;   86
           two crackle glazed bottles; a white glazed
           bottle shaped as a mouse on a cob; a carved
           biscuit bottle in the shape of a lotus pod; a
           small celadon bottle with ‘shou’ roundel; a
           red crackled snuff bottle; a robin’s egg bottle;
           a brown glazed bottle; an amber-glazed
           bottle in the shape of a cob; an apple green
           baluster bottle; and an Yixing slip-decorated
           bottle with paired handles.
           Largest: 8.8cm (3 7/8in) high (12).
           £800 - 1,200
           HK$7,800 - 12,000
           CNY7,100 - 11,000

           Provenance
           Quek Kiok Lee Collection (1921 – 2018),
           Singapore, and thence by descent


           88 *
           A GROUP OF EIGHT IRON RED
           ENAMELLED PORCELAIN SNUFF
           BOTTLES
           19th/20th century
           Comprising: a moulded bottle with a design
           of carp, the base enamelled in turquoise and
           with a Qianlong seal mark in iron red; four   87
           bottles decorated with figures from classic
           literature; a bottle with confronting dragons
           above waves, Qianlong seal mark; a bottle
           with Buddhist lions; and a bottle with a ruyi-
           medallion, Daoguang seal mark.
           Largest: 7.8cm (3in) high (8).
           £800 - 1,200
           HK$7,800 - 12,000
           CNY7,100 - 11,000
           Provenance
           Quek Kiok Lee Collection (1921 – 2018),
           Singapore, and thence by descent











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