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A GROUP OF FIVE GLASS SNUFF TWO GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES A RED OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
BOTTLES AND AN AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
18th/19th century and later 19th century
19th century and later Comprising: a red overlay on ‘snowstorm’ The overlay glass bottle carved with deer and
Comprising: a pale blue pear-shaped flattened glass bottle decorated with floral designs, cranes on a white frosted glass base; the
bottle, stopper; an imitation realgar bottle, stopper, stand; and an inside-painted bottle ochre-hued agate bottle of tapering form and
stopper; a blue bottle with incised poetic with scholars, stopper. with low relief carving of cranes amongst pine.
inscriptions, carved coral stopper; a brown The largest: 5.8cm (2 1/4in) high (5). The largest: 5.8cm (2 1/4in) high (2).
globular bottle, stopper; a black overlay glass
bottle carved with an elephant with a vase; £600 - 800 HK$6,000 - 8,000 £800 - 1,200
stopper; together with a green glass snuff CNY5,200 - 6,900 CNY6,900 - 10,000 HK$8,000 - 12,000
dish.
The largest: 5.8cm (2 1/4in) high (11). Provenance
Acquired by José Carlos da Maia (1878-1921),
£1,000 - 1,500 governor of Macau, by repute, and thence by
CNY8,600 - 13,000 HK$10,000 - 15,000 descent.

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