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A TURQUOISE GLAZED ‘DRAGON’ A PAINTED ENAMEL SNUFF BOTTLE A FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELLED GLASS
SNUFF BOTTLE 18th century, seal Shangxin SNUFF BOTTLE
Jiaqing seal mark and of the period Shaped as a flattened bianhu flask, finely Qianlong seal mark and of the period
Of cylindrical form, moulded with a five- enamelled with a continuous scene depicting Of compressed rounded form, painted to one
clawed dragon chasing a flaming pearl a quail standing beside a flowering bush of side with ducks swimming before flowering
amidst clouds and formalised flames, with chrysanthemums, the reverse with a pair of peonies and reeds, the reverse with two
stopper and ivory spoon. 8.3cm (3 1/4 in) birds perched on a branch of blossoming birds before large leafy flowering lotus plants,
high. peonies, all above overlapping lotus petals stopper. 5.2cm (2in) high excluding the
and below a ruyi band, gilt-bronze stopper, stopper. (2).
£700 - 1,000 ivory stand. 5.5cm (2 1/8in) wide (3).
HK$7,500 - 11,000 £1,000 - 1,500
CNY6,300 - 9,100 £700 - 1,000 HK$11,000 - 16,000
HK$7,500 - 11,000 CNY9,100 - 14,000
Provenance CNY6,300 - 9,100
a European private collection Provenance
Provenance a Dutch collection acquired in the 1980s.
262 a European private collection
TWO ENAMELLED GLASS SNUFF
BOTTLES 264
Late Qing Dynasty A SIMULATED REALGAR GLASS SNUFF
Both opaque-white glass bottles of flattened BOTTLE
form enamelled on both sides; the larger 18th/19th century
decorated with three monkeys resting on Of spade form with a flared neck and raised
rock and pine tree, the base with Guyuexuan on a slightly concave base, with brilliant
mark, stopper. 6.5cm (2 7/8in) high; the splashes of ochre and red imitating realgar,
smaller depicting peacocks and crane below jadeite stopper. 6cm (2 3/8in) high. (2).
a stylised ruyi head band at the neck, with a
iron-red Qianlong nian zhi mark on the base, £700 - 1,000
stopper. 4.8cm (1 7/8in) high. (4). HK$7,500 - 11,000
CNY6,300 - 9,100
£800 - 1,200
HK$8,600 - 13,000 Provenance
CNY7,200 - 11,000 a European private collection
Provenance
d’Arcy Arthur Baker-Carr (1908 - 1985), and
thence by descent

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