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THREE JADE AND JADEITE SNUFF
BOTTLES

Qing Dynasty and later
Comprising: a flattened pale green jade bottle,
stopper; a spinach green jade bottle incised
with floral decoration and a Qianlong poem to
the reverse, stopper; a jadeite bottle with lilies
and a quail carved in low relief, stopper.
5.8cm (2 1/4in) high (6).

£2,000 - 3,000 544
CNY17,000 - 26,000 HK$20,000 - 30,000

Provenance
The pale green jade bottle: Provenance：J.
Habbema (1885-1937), Dutch Governor in
Bojonegoro, East Java, Indonesia, acquired
prior to 1936, by repute
A Dutch private collection

The other two bottles:
From a private Dutch collection acquired in
Hong Kong prior to 1980.

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THREE FAMILLE ROSE MOULDED
PORCELAIN BOTTLES
19th century
Comprising: A ‘Hundred Luohan’ bottle,
apocryphal Qianlong four-character mark,
stopper; a double-walled reticulated bottle
with Buddhist lions, apocryphal Qianlong four-
character mark; an ‘Eight Daoist Immortals’
bottle, Jiaqing four-character mark; together
with a flattened bottle with a writhing five-
clawed dragon on a sgraffiato ground,
stopper.
7.5cm (3in) high (8).

£800 - 1,200
CNY6,900 - 10,000 HK$8,000 - 12,000

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THREE ENAMELLED PORCELAIN SNUFF
BOTTLES

19th century
Comprising: a flattened circular bottle with
a dragon above a carp, stopper; a pear-
shaped bottle with a fisherman on a riverbank,
Daoguang four-character mark and of the
period, stopper; and a pear-shaped bottle
with a scholar and Zhong Kui, apocryphal
Qianlong four-character mark, stopper.
7.5cm (3in) high (6).

£1,000 - 1,500
CNY8,600 - 13,000 HK$10,000 - 15,000

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