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Three jade and hardstone snuff
427 bottles
Late Qing Dynasty and later
428 Comprising a green and brown jade ‘bitter
178 | Bonhams melon’ snuff bottle, a double-handled agate
silhouette bottle carved in shallow relief with
birds alighting over pine and prunus trees,
and a rose quartz bottle in the shape of a
seated horned mythical beast.
The jade bottle: 5.5cm (2 1/4in) high (3).

£800 - 1,200
CNY7,700 - 12,000
HK$9,400 - 14,000

427 Y Ф ≈
Two ‘shadow’ agate snuff bottles
19th century
The first with a concave lip and recessed
foot, the front carved low-relief with Li
Taibo, the mottled dark inclusions cleverly
incorporated into design, hardstone stopper;
the second bottle with an eagle silhouette,
hardstone stopper; together with a jasper or
‘bloodstone’ bottle, hardstone stopper. The
largest: 6cm (2 3/8in) high (6).

£900 - 1,200
CNY8,700 - 12,000
HK$11,000 - 14,000

Provenance
An English private collection, and thence by
descent.

428
A group of three snuff bottles
Qing Dynasty
Comprising: a cinnabar lacquer flattened
bottle carved with scholars engaged in chess,
metal-mounted green hardstone stopper; an
under-glaze red decorated blue and white
cylindrical bottle with a narrative scene; a
small blue-glazed moulded bottle with lotus.
The lacquer bottle: 6.6cm (2 6/8in) high (4).

£500 - 700
CNY4,800 - 6,800
HK$5,900 - 8,200