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A SHADOW AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE A CAMEO AGATE ‘MONKEY’ SNUFF BOTTLE
QING DYNASTY, 1770-1880 OFFICIAL SCHOOL, QING DYNASTY, 1780-1880
The bottle is slightly dented on one side with an attractive The bottle is carved on one side as a cameo relief with two
abstract pattern of darker markings suggesting trees beyond a monkeys beneath a wrapped, official seal hanging from a pine
mountain torrent. Together with an agate snuff dish. tree, with a wasp hovering nearby.
Bottle: 25 in. (6.6 cm.) high, aquamarine stopper; Bottle: 2º in. (5.7 cm.) high, amethyst stopper;
Dish: 1æ in. (4.5 cm.) diam. (2) Dish: 2¡ in. (6.1 cm.) diam. (2)
HK$50,000-70,000 US$6,500-9,000 HK$12,000-25,000 US$1,600-3,200

PROVENANCE Monkeys, an official seal and a wasp or bee form a rebus for a wish for
Bottle: Robert Hall, London, September 2012 a rise in the ranks of officialdom.

清1770-1880年 瑪瑙鼻煙壺（連瑪瑙鼻煙碟） 清1780-1880年 巧雕瑪瑙代代封侯鼻煙壺
（連瑪瑙鼻煙碟）
來源
壺：Robert Hall，倫敦，2012年9月

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A CARVED MARBLE ‘LION’ SNUFF BOTTLE A CARVED QUARTZITE ‘ORCHID’ SNUFF BOTTLE
QING DYNASTY, 1760-1860 QING DYNASTY, 1730-1870
The bottle is carved on one main side with a Buddhist lion and The bottle is carved in low relief with a continuous scene of
three cubs together with a beribboned ruyi utilising the ‘skin’ of orchids growing from a rocky ground with butterflies nearby,
the stone, the translucent beige material with white striations. the translucent material of creamy-beige, pale yellow, and
Together with a marble snuff dish. orange tones with banding. Together with an agate lotus leaf-
Bottle: 25 in. (6.5 cm.) high, jadeite stopper; form snuff dish (1770-1900).
Dish: 18 in. (4.9 cm.) diam. (2) Bottle: 18 in. (4.9 cm.) high, jadeite stopper;
Dish: 15 in. (4.1 cm.) long, box (2)
HK$6,000-8,000 US$780-1,000
HK$12,000-26,000 US$1,600-3,400
PROVENANCE
Bottle: Acquired in London prior to 1975 PROVENANCE
Both: The Arthur Gadsby Collection, Hong Kong, January 2013
清1760-1860年 石雕太師少師鼻煙壺
（連石鼻煙碟） 清1730-1870年 石英岩雕蘭石紋鼻煙壺
（連瑪瑙荷葉形鼻煙碟）
來源
壺：1975年以前購於英國 來源
壺及碟：Arthur Gadsby珍藏，香港，2013年1月

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