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A GROUP OF SIX PORCELAIN AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL PROVENANCE
SNUFF BOTTLES
19TH-20TH CENTURY Collection of an English Gentleman, acquired between 1960
and 1980.

The group comprises a mother-of-pearl mosaic bottle with a 清十九/二十世紀 鼻煙壺一組六件

panel of flower vases to each side; a blue, white and copper red 來源:英國私人珍藏, 購於1960年至1980年間

cylindrical ‘landscape’ bottle with a Yongzheng mark to the base;

a blue and white figural bottle; a green enamelled ‘lotus’ bottle;

and two famille rose bottles.

The largest, 3º in. (8.2 cm.) high (6)

£500-1,000 $630-1,300

€580-1,200

VARIOUS PROPERTIES

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AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
EARLY 20TH CENTURY

The flattened bottle is painted on one side with a lady seated
at a calligraphy table, with a two-line inscription and seal, the
reverse is inscribed with a poem alluding to the beauty of the
lady, signed Ma Shaoxuan.
2¬ in. (6.7 cm.) high, stopper

£1,500-2,500 $1,900-3,100

€1,800-2,900

An almost identical snuff bottle attributed to the Ma family
was in the Collection of Margaret Polack, sold at Bonhams,
New York, 24 March 2010, lot 170.

二十世紀初 玻璃內畫詩文仕女圖鼻煙壺

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