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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
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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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