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187 A SMALL GROUP OF SNUFF BOTTLES
19th/20th century
188 Comprising: a rock crystal silhouette bottle
carved with phoenix, stopper; a russet-
189 stained, pale green pebble bottle, coral
74 | BONHAMS stopper; a moulded blue and white flat pear-
shaped bottle, Kangxi four-character mark,
stopper; and an oversized bottle painted with
deer, Guangxu four-character mark, stopper;
together with a yellow and brown glazed
bottle. The largest: 8cm (3 1/8in) high (5).

£800 - 1,200
CNY7,300 - 11,000
HK$8,800 - 13,000

187
FOUR VARIOUS SNUFF BOTTLES
20th century
Comprising: a porcelain bottle simulating
coral, carved in relief with flowering plants;
a red overlay glass bottle with double-
xi characters on a snowstorm ground; a
hardstone bottle with a carp leaping from
waves; and a porcelain bottle enamelled with
twin dragons flanking shou emblems on a
mottled blue ground.
The largest 7cm (2.3/4in) long. (4).

£600 - 800
CNY5,500 - 7,300
HK$6,600 - 8,800

188
A SMALL GROUP OF SNUFF BOTTLES
Late Qing Dynasty
Comprising: an included amber pebble bottle
carved in shallow relief with Liu Hai and his
three-legged toad to one side, and a monkey
eating a peach to the other, 6.5cm (2 1/2in)
high; an inside painted snuff bottle by Ma
Shaoxuan, dated by inscription to the xin hai
year (AD1911), 6.3cm (2 1/2in) high; and a
miniature jade pear-shaped vase used as a
snuff bottle, 5.7cm (2 1/4in).
(3).

£1,500 - 2,000
CNY14,000 - 18,000
HK$16,000 - 22,000

Provenance: by repute, collected by the
vendor’s grandparents in China in 1936 and
thence by descent.

189
THREE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES
Qing Dynasty
Comprising: a globular bottle carved in low
relief with prunus branches, stopper; a square
bottle carved with a Buddhist lion, stopper;
and a quatre-lobed bottle with a bat enclosed
in a cartouche to each side.
The highest: 5.4cm (in) high (6).

£1,000 - 1,500
CNY9,200 - 14,000
HK$11,000 - 16,000