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A GROUP OF FOUR GLASS OVERLAY SNUFF BOTTLES THREE OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
Qing Dynasty 18th/19th century
Comprising two red overlay bottles, the first carved with stylised The first finely carved in relief in amber tones with a cockerel, hen and
chilong, 5.4cm (2 1/8in) high, the second with a Buddhist lion playing three chicks amongst grass and rockwork flanked by blossoming
with ribbon brocade ball on each side, with ‘snowflake’ specks on leafy sprays, all reserved on a snowstorm ground, hardstone stopper,
the transparent ground, 5.8cm (2 1/4in) high; and two blue overlay 5.5cm (2 3/16in) high; the second well carved in relief in blue overlay
bottles, one on ‘snowflake’ ground with eight horses, stopper. 6.8cm on a snowstorm ground with Budai standing on one side and seated
(2 11/16in) high, the second with Shou medallion surrounded by five on the other, amidst bats and cloud-scrolls, metal stopper, 5.3cm (2
bats on each side, 6.8cm (2 11/16in) high (4). 1/8in) high; the third a burgundy-red overlay on a snowstorm ground,
carved in relief with archaistic ritual incense burners, jadeite stopper,
£800 - 1,200 5.9cm (2 5/16in) high (6).
HK$8,600 - 13,000
CNY7,200 - 11,000 £1,000 - 1,500
HK$11,000 - 16,000
Provenance CNY9,100 - 14,000
d’Arcy Arthur Baker-Carr (1908 - 1985) (collection no.117, 118, 121
and 122), and thence by descent Provenance
an English private collection, and thence by descent
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Possibly Yangzhou, seal Shengchun, 19th century TWO GLASS ‘CHILONG’ SNUFF BOTTLES
Finely carved with two cranes in flights by the moon incised with 18th/19th century
the seal 生春 Shengchun, which may be translated as ‘The coming The first of sapphire-blue overlay translucent glass, carved on each
of spring’, the reverse similarly decorated with two cranes in flight side with a sinouous chi-dragon biting its tail, with stalk shaped metal
above long grass, flanked by a pair of trefoil handles, glass stopper, stopper, 7.3cm (2 7/8in) high; the second of translucent red tone
5.7cm (2 1/4in) high; and an olive-brown overlay snuff bottle, carved on each side with a sinuous chi-dragon, green-lacquered
possibly Yangzhou, Li Junting School, 19th century, carved on one stopper, 7.1cm (2 13/16in) high (4).
side with tree-shrews clambering a grapevine, the reverse with two
birds beside a vase with a blossoming spray above an ear of grain, £800 - 1,200
hardstone stopper, 6.6cm (2 9/16in) high (4). HK$8,600 - 13,000
CNY7,200 - 11,000
£800 - 1,200
HK$8,600 - 13,000 Provenance
CNY7,200 - 11,000 an English private collection, and thence by descent

Provenance
an English private collection, and thence by descent

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