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overlay snuff bottle
Qing Dynasty
Carved with a cicada perched on a leaf and
squirrel clambering amongst fruiting branches
issuing from rockwork, on a snowstorm
ground; a honey coloured glass rounded snuff
bottle carved with stylised mask ring handles,
lapis stopper; and a small yixing snuff bottle
painted in blue enamels with blossoming
prunus and bamboo.
The overlay glass bottle 7.5cm (2.7/8in) long.
(4).

£600 - 700
CNY5,800 - 6,800
HK$7,100 - 8,200

Provenance
The overlay glass bottle: A Greek private
collection.

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A group of three snuff bottles
Qing Dynasty
Comprising: a cinnabar lacquer bottle carved
with scholars at leisure, green glass stopper;
an unusual tea-dust glazed cylindrical bottle,
Qianlong four-character mark; a crackle-
glazed meiping-form bottle.
The tea-dust bottle: 5.4cm (2 1/4in) high

£600 - 800
CNY5,800 - 7,700
HK$7,100 - 9,400

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Two copper-red decorated blue
and white cylindrical snuff
bottles
19th century
Each finely painted in cobalt blue and
underglaze red with a narrative scene,
probably from ‘Romance of the Three
Kingdoms’, the shoulder with an archaic scroll
motif reserved on diaper band, green glass
and hardstone stoppers.
The largest: 8.5cm (3 3/8in) high (4).

£500 - 800
CNY4,800 - 7,700
HK$5,900 - 9,400

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