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AN ENAMELLED EUROPEAN-MARKET PORCELAIN SNUFF BOX A SQUARE FAMILLE ROSE ‘ROMANCE OF THE WESTERN
18th century CHAMBER’ SNUFF BOTTLE
The oval body enamelled to the exterior with landscape and pastoral Jiaqing four-character mark and of the period
scenes in quatre-foil cartouches on a gilt-flecked ground, the lid The bottle finely enamelled with a scene from Xi Xiang Ji, where
similarly decorated, the cover mounted in yellow metal, the base with Zhang Sheng and Cui Yingying meet for the first time in a Buddhist
an iron red landscape. 7cm (2 3/4in) wide monastery, with underglaze-blue and gilt foliate bands at the neck and
foot rim, metal stopper.
£500 - 1,000 6cm (2 3/8in) high (2).
CNY4,600 - 9,200
HK$5,500 - 11,000 £800 - 1,200
CNY7,300 - 11,000
179 HK$8,800 - 13,000
A PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE RECTANGULAR SNUFF
BOTTLE 181 Y
Qing Dynasty AN AMBER SNUFF BOTTLE
The rectangular flattened bottle carved with seal script on each face, 18th/19th century
all raised on a short foot rim, hard stone and gilt metal stopper. The flattened shape well hollowed and supported by an oval, lipped
6.4cm (2 1/2in) high (2). ring, the mouth flat, the amber of a rich, mottled butter-scotch tone,
stopper; together with a globular jade snuff bottle, well hollowed,
£600 - 800 standing on a concave oval base, decorated in shallow relief with fish
CNY5,500 - 7,300 above waves, coral stopper, 19th century. 6.4cm (5 1/2in) high (4).
HK$6,600 - 8,800
£1,500 - 2,000
CNY14,000 - 18,000
HK$16,000 - 22,000

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