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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
For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
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