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OBJECTS OF DESIRE: A EUROPEAN PRIVATE
COLLECTION OF CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES,
LOTS 98-146

98 *
A RUSSET AND CELADON JADE CARVED ‘FLOWERHEAD’
SNUFF BOTTLE
1720-1820, attributed to the Palace workshops
Of tapering rectangular form, carved in low relief in the Mughal style
with a large stylized flower-head on each side, issuing leafy tendrils
below a band of leaf lappets at the shoulders.
6.5cm (2.1/2in) high.
£2,000 - 4,000
98 HK$20,000 - 39,000
CNY18,000 - 35,000
Provenance
Clare Lawrence Ltd., London
Christie’s New York, 18th October 1993, Lot 52
The Reif Collection

99 *
AN UNUSUAL OVOID JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
1780-1850
Of slightly flattened form to each side, the stone of an unusual coffee
tone.
5.3cm (2.1/8in) high.
£1,500 - 2,000
HK$15,000 - 20,000
CNY13,000 - 18,000
Provenance
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 29th April 1992, Lot 482

100 *
99 A PALE CELADON JADE MINIATURE SNUFF BOTTLE AND A
WHITE JADE SNUFF DISH
1750-1800
The bottle of flattened form with a light russet skin, stopper; the dish
of lobed rectangular form, of even white tone.
The bottle 3.9cm. (1.1/2in); the snuff dish 4.1cm (1.5/8in) wide. (3).

£2,000 - 4,000
HK$20,000 - 39,000
CNY18,000 - 35,000
Provenance
Clare Lawrence Ltd., London,
Sotheby’s Billingshurst, U.K., 6th December 1994, Lot 83
The Arthur Gadsby Collection

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