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THREE JADE SNUFF BOTTLES
195 19th/20th century
Comprising: one of pebble form; one of
196 compressed form, carved as a melon; and
76 | BONHAMS another tapering flattened bottle carved with
petal form panels, metal spoon, all with coral
stoppers, the pale green stones with grey and
russet mottling and veining.
The largest 6.5cm (2.1/2in) long.

£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 28,000
HK$22,000 - 33,000

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THREE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES
Qing Dynasty
Comprising: a small thumbprint agate bottle
cleverly carved as a fruiting pomegranate,
the reverse with an inscription, stopper; a
flattened globular bottle carved with Liu Hai
and his toad, the inclusions worked into the
design, stopper; a bottle with a bird amongst
prunus branches, the dark inclusions used in
the design, stopper.
The largest: 6.2cm (2 1/2in) high (5).

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

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THREE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES
Late Qing Dynasty
Comprising: a banded agate silhouette bottle
with paired lion handles, stopper; a russet
agate oviform bottle carved in shallow relief
with a flowering lotus and with a cat and
dragonfly, stopper; and a lobed bottle shaped
as a fruit, stopper; together with a glass bottle
imitating agate, stopper. 5.7cm (2 1/4in) high
(4).

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