Page 63 - Bonhams Asian and Chinese Art London Nov. 2019

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A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE PEBBLE FORM SNUFF BOTTLE
18th/19th century
Well hollowed and delicately carved as a large and smaller melon
suspended from leafy tendrils.
5.5cm (2.1/8in) long. 150
£1,500 - 2,000
HK$15,000 - 20,000
CNY13,000 - 18,000
Provenance
Property from an English Private collection and thence by descent

151
A GOLD-INLAID OXIDISED COPPER SNUFF BOTTLE
Incised Qianlong four-character mark, Qing Dynasty
Decorated with three figures in a clearing beside an incense burner,
in a landscape of pine, willow, blossoming prunus and pine trees,
metal spoon and stopper. 7cm (2.3/4in) high excluding stopper. (2).

£2,000 - 3,000
HK$20,000 - 29,000
CNY18,000 - 27,000
Compare with a gold inlaid bottle sold at Christie’s New York, 16
September 2015, Lot 340.

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A PALE GREEN JADE SNUFF BOTTLE 151
18th century
Of flattened lobed form, supported on a neatly carved footrim, carved
to each side with four archaic characters, the sides with brocade
designs. 5.7cm (2.1/4in) long.
£2,000 - 3,000
HK$20,000 - 29,000
CNY18,000 - 27,000

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