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                                                             A GROUP OF FIVE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
           A GREEN JADE-INLAID WHITE METAL REPOUSSÉ BOTTLE
           The jade plaques, 18th century; the bottle late 19th/early 20th century   19th/20th century
           Consisting of a green jade two-part belt-buckle carved in shallow relief   Comprising: a large red overlay bottle with dragons, stopper; a
           with lotuses, later mounted in white metal as a bottle with scrolling   turquoise glass bottle sanding on a neat, oval protruding foot ring,
           lotus and rope-twist decoration, coral-inset stopper.   stopper; two bottles imitating agate, stoppers; and an inside-painted
           11.5cm (4 1/2in) high (2).                        miniature bottle decorated with a cat. The tallest: 10cm (4in) high (9).
           £500 - 800                                        £500 - 800
           CNY4,400 - 7,100                                  CNY4,400 - 7,100
           HK$4,800 - 7,700                                  HK$4,800 - 7,700
           Provenance: an English private collection, and thence by descent  Provenance: an English private collection, and thence by descent

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                                                             A FAMILLE ROSE MINIATURE OVIFORM JAR
           TWO JADE SNUFF BOTTLES
           19th century                                      19th century
           The first, carved from a white stone with cloudy-white and speckled   Delicately enamelled with four shaped medallions of flowering peonies
           black/grey inclusions with an incised dragon emerging from billowing   and camellias, reserved on a ground of stylised lotuses on an iron-red
           clouds to one side, the other carved in relief to the orange skin with a   brocade pattern, stopper. 8cm (3 1/8in) high (2).
           phoenix, stopper; the other carved from a white stone with mushroom
           and grey inclusions with Buddhist emblems, stopper. The tallest:   £1,000 - 1,500
           6.5cm (2 1/2in) high (4).                         CNY8,800 - 13,000
                                                             HK$9,700 - 15,000
           £800 - 1,200
           CNY7,100 - 11,000                                 Provenance: an English private collection, and thence by descent
           HK$7,700 - 12,000

           Provenance: an English private collection, and thence by descent






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