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A FILIGREE AND HARD STONE EMBELLISHED WHITE JADE AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
SNUFF BOTTLE Signed Chen Zongsan, cyclically dated dingsi year, corresponding to
20th century 1917
The openwork yellow-metal filigree with flower heads, scrolling motifs Finely painted with a buffalo herd chasing his straw hat, the other side
and shou-symbols, with inset jadeite and pink hard stone beads, with with a scholar riding a mule with an attendant, all under a pine tree,
a metal-mounted jadeite stopper. 6.3cm (2 1/2in) high (3). coral stopper carved with a chilong, wood stand. 5.7cm (2 1/4in) high
(3).
£1,200 - 1,500
CNY11,000 - 14,000 £1,000 - 1,500
HK$13,000 - 16,000 CNY9,200 - 14,000
HK$11,000 - 16,000
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AN AMBER SNUFF BOTTLE 210
19th century AN AMETHYST ‘DOUBLE-FISH’ SNUFF BOTTLE
The flattened globular bottle carved in low relief with birds and flowers, Late 19th/early 20th century
the shoulders with monster mask handles, green-hard stone stopper, The purple-hued hard stone carved as two facing fish, the stoppers of
wood stand. 6.5cm (2 1/2in) high (3). stained green hardstone, wood stand. 8.1cm (3 1/4in) high (4).

£800 - 1,200 £600 - 800
CNY7,300 - 11,000 CNY5,500 - 7,300
HK$8,800 - 13,000 HK$6,600 - 8,800

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