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1082 PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION

1083 A WHITE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
126 SOTHEBY’S 19TH / 20TH CENTURY

well hollowed, with a rounded square outline and recessed
foot, the stone with a lustrous polish
Height 2½ in., 6.4 cm

$ 2,000-3,000

⋩ḅġİġḴ⋩ᶾ䲨ġġġ䘥䌱滣䄁⢢

1082

A SHADOW AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
19TH / 20TH CENTURY

of compressed ask form, centered with a monkey and insect
carved in relief from natural inclusions, stopper; together with
a white jade pebble converted into a scent bottle with silver
mounts (4)
Height of taller 3⅛ in., 8 cm

$ 1,500-2,000

⋩ḅġİġḴ⋩ᶾ䲨ġġġ䐒䐁ⶏ晽⮩ὗ⚾滣䄁⢢

⍲ġ䘥䌱⌝䞛㓡墅楁䒞

1083

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ROBERT AND
MAURINE MUNTZ

FOUR AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES
19TH / 20TH CENTURY

comprising a square-form bottle carved with a grasshopper,
a attened ovoid-form bottle of banded blue agate; a bottle
carved in low relief with a Spanish eight-reales coin on each
side; and a globular bottle with a streak of russet inclusions;
together with a white and russet pebble jade bottle carved
with chilong, lingzhi and phoenix; wood stand, stoppers (11)
Height of tallest 2⅜ in., 6 cm.

PROVENANCE

The ‘grasshopper’ bottle: Eugene Sung, New York, 1985.
The ‘coin’ bottle: Jade House, Hong Kong, 1977.
The globular bottle: Sotheby’s London, 10th April 1973, lot 430.
The ‘jade’ bottle: Eugene Sung, New York, 1974.

Ⴚ$ 2,000-3,000
⋩ḅġİġḴ⋩ᶾ䲨ġġġ䐒䐁滣䄁⢢⚃ẞ

⍲䘥䌱晽滣䄁⢢

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