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A GROUP OF NINE GLASS AND ROCK CRYSTAL INSIDE- A GROUP OF FIVE AGATE AND ROCK CRYSTAL SNUFF
PAINTED SNUFF BOTTLES BOTTLES
20th century 19th century
Variously depicting a portrait of Napoleon, garden scenes, animals in Comprising: a large rounded agate bottle carved in relief with a sage
landscapes and flowering plants, eight with stoppers. and attendant in a riverside pavilion garden, inscribed; a smoky
The largest 7cm (2.3/4in) high. (9). crystal and a clear crystal bottle; a carved thumb print agate bottle;
and a mottled moss agate bottle with mock mask ring handles, four
£1,000 - 1,500 with stoppers.
HK$9,800 - 15,000 The tallest 7.5cm (3in) high. (9).
CNY8,900 - 13,000
£1,500 - 2,000
Provenance HK$15,000 - 20,000
Quek Kiok Lee Collection (1921 – 2018), Singapore, and thence by CNY13,000 - 18,000
descent
Provenance
Quek Kiok Lee Collection (1921 – 2018), Singapore, and thence by
descent

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