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A CARVED PALE GREEN JADE RECTANGULAR SNUFF BOTTLE
18th/19th century
The well-hollowed bottle finely carved to the exterior in low relief with
two scholarly landscapes and two five-character inscriptions, stopper,
wood stand.
5.3cm (2 1/8in) high (3).

£2,000 - 3,000
CNY17,000 - 26,000 HK$20,000 - 30,000

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A PORCELAIN ‘DRAGON AND PHOENIX’ SNUFF BOTTLE
First half 19th century
Reticulated and moulded with a dragon and phoenix amidst clouds,
within ruyi and key fret borders, coral stopper.
7.5cm (3in) high. (2).
£1,000 - 1,500
CNY8,600 - 13,000 HK$10,000 - 15,000
For a near identical blue glazed bottle, see Snuff Bottles of China,
Hugh M. Moss, Bibelot Publishers Ltd., 1971, p. 125, no.283.

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