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A FINE AND UNUSUAL AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
1780-1880
Very well-hollowed, the flattened body supported on a tall pierced
foot, with a waisted neck, concave lip, each main side deftly
carved in shallow relief with a pair of archaistic confronted phoenix,
separated by two raised animal masks on the shoulders, the material
of a pale caramel color.
1 3/4in (4.8cm) high

$2,000 - 3,000
1780-1880年 瑪瑙雕仿古夔鳳紋獸耳鼻煙壺
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Provenance
King Feng Arts Co., 4 March 1998

The design of this bottle appears to be related to a group of 19th
century porcelain bottles that exist both in blue and white and famille
rose enamels. Refer to the enameled porcelain bottle from the Bloch
Collection, sold in our Hong Kong rooms on 28 May 2010, lot 118.
See also porcelain bottles recorded in the exhibition catalog Chinese
Snuff Bottles, A Miniature Art from the Collection of Mary and George
Bloch, the Urban Council, Hong Kong, fig. 152, p. 210, and fig. 174,
p. 233.

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AN INSCRIBED SHADOW AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
1820-1920
Well-hollowed, of rounded outline, with a cylindrical neck, recessed
lip and foot, the natural dark markings on one side lightly carved
to bring out the silhouette of a large carp, the verso possibly later
inscribed niannian you yu (May every year end with ample surplus),
followed with two seal marks reading wen and wan.
1 7/8in (4.8cm) high
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$1,500 - 2,500

1820-1920年 瑪瑙巧雕「年年有餘」鼻煙壺

Provenance
King Feng Arts Co., Hong Kong, 13 February 1999

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AN AGATE ‘LOTUS POND’ SNUFF BOTTLE
1850-1940
Well-hollowed, of straight rectangular profile with indented edges,
surmounted by a cylindrical neck with recessed lip, supported on a
flat oval foot, the dark inclusions on each main side used to highlight
graceful lotus leaves rising from a pond, a mandarin duck and a fish.
2 3/4in (7cm) high
$1,500 - 2,500

1850-1940年 瑪瑙巧雕蓮塘圖鼻煙壺

Provenance
King Feng Arts Co., Hong Kong, 29 September 1996

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