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TWO ENAMELED PORCELAIN ‘FIGURAL’ SNUFF BOTTLES FOUR METAL SNUFF BOTTLES
Jingdezhen kilns, 1820-1880 19th-20th century
The first painted with the poet Tao Yuanming and a young boy, the Including a cloisonné enameled ‘dragon’ bottle, a brass bottle incised
second depicting the legendary figure Zhong Kui on a galloping horse. with a dragon on each main side, an ebony metal bottle decorated
2 1/2 and 2 5/8in (6.4 and 6.7cm) high (2). with monkeys and pine tree, and a Japanese copper bottle adorned
with chrysanthemums between a pair of openwork dragons.
$500 - 700 2 1/8 to 2 5/16in (5.4 to 5.9cm) high (4).
896 $800 - 1,200
THREE MOLDED AND ENAMELED PORCELAIN SNUFF
BOTTLES For another very similar brass bottle molded with floral designs to
Jingdezhen kilns, 1830-1900 the front and reverse, with identical dragon handles and screw-type
Two bottles molded with the Buddhist lions, the third decorated with stopper, dated 19th century, see The Collector’s Book of Snuff bottles,
the Eighteen Luohan, disciples of the Buddha. Bob C. Stevens, 1976, Weatherhill, New York, p. 216, no. 812.
2 14/ to 3in (5.4 to 7.7cm) high (3).
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$700 - 900 TWO CARVED CHALCEDONY SNUFF BOTTLES
20th century
One bottle carved with a stalk of millet, the other decorated with a
figure rowing a boat in a river surrounded by overhanging cliffs.
1 5/8 and 1 7/8in (4.2 and 4.8cm) high (2).

$700 - 900

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