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1086
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ROBERT AND
MAURINE MUNTZ 1087

THREE SNUFF BOTTLES
QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY

comprising an ovoid enameled porcelain bottle molded with
the eighteen Buddhist luohan, the base with an apocryphal
Qianlong seal mark; a lemon-yellow enameled porcelain bottle
carved with Buddhist lions; and a rectangular ve-color overlay
glass snu bottle with a bird, owers, rockwork, antiques and
carved ring handles; stoppers (6)
Height of tallest 2⅞ in., 7.3 cm

PROVENANCE
The ‘luohan’ bottle: Finer Things, Massachusetts, 1972.
The ‘lion’ bottle: Eugene Sung, New York, 1973.
The glass bottle: Eugene Sung, New York, 1973.

$ 1,500-2,000

㶭⋩ℓġİġ⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ滣䄁⢢ᶱẞ

1085

PROPERTY FROM A BOSTON PRIVATE COLLECTION

A RUBY RED GLASS FLOWER FORM BOWL
QING DYNASTY

modeled in the form of a seven-lobed ower with the deep
rounded sides resting on a short foot, the base carved with an
apocryphal four-character Qianlong mark
Diameter 8 in., 20.3 cm

$ 1,000-1,500

㶭ġġġ德㖶䲭㕁剙⺷䙴
˪Ḧ昮⸜墥˫ầ㫦

1086

A CANTON ENAMEL DISH
QING DYNASTY, 18TH / EARLY 19TH
CENTURY

the squared dish with shallow sloping sides and canted
corners, painted in bright enamels with birds and butter ies on
a prunus and cracked ice ground within oral borders
Width 6 in., 15.2 cm

$ 4,000-6,000

㶭⋩ℓġİġ⋩ḅᶾ䲨⇅ġġġ戭偶䔓䏢䐗沍圞⅘㠭䲳㕡䚌

1087

A LARGE CANTON ENAMEL DISH
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

the interior painted with a owering and fruiting branch bearing
strawberries, pomegranates, and owers within scalloped vine
borders, the exterior and base with further fruit and owers
Diameter 14½ in., 36.8 cm

$ 4,000-6,000

㶭⋩ℓᶾ䲨ġġġ戭偶䔓䏢䐗剙⋱⚾⣏䚌

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