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           A GROUP OF FOUR VARIOUSLY JADEITE   TWO MOTTLED JADE SNUFF BOTTLES   THREE RED OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF
           AND HARDSTONE SNUFF BOTTLES       AND A HARDSTONE SNUFF BOTTLE     BOTTLES
           19th century                      18th/19th century                19th century
           Comprising: a flat double-gourd agate   Comprising: a small cylindrical tapering bottle   Comprising: a red overlay on snowstorm
           bottle, coral-inset stopper; a rock-crystal ‘Li   with galleried rim, carved from a mottled   glass ‘nine chilong’ pear-shaped bottle; a
           Tieguai’ bottle, coral inset stopper; a deep   creamy stone with brown inclusions, coral and  red overlay on ruby glass ‘bajixiang’ bottle,
           green jadeite oviform bottle with apple-green   jadeite stopper; a tall baluster ‘boy Immortal’   stopper; and a red overlay on white ground
           streaks; and a grey-green hardstone flat   bottle; and a small brown and creamy   ‘sanduo’ bottle, coral stopper. The tallest:
           bottle. The gourd: 7.2cm (2 7/8in) high (7).  hardstone bottle, stopper. The tallest: 8.3cm   6.3cm (2 1/2in) high (5).
                                             (3 1/8in) high (5).
           £800 - 1,200                                                       £600 - 800
           CNY7,100 - 11,000                 £600 - 800                       CNY5,300 - 7,100
           HK$7,700 - 12,000                 CNY5,300 - 7,100                 HK$5,800 - 7,700
                                             HK$5,800 - 7,700
           Provenance: an English private collection,                         Provenance: an English private collection,
           and thence by descent             Provenance: an English private collection,   and thence by descent
                                             and thence by descent
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           THREE BLUE AND WHITE OVIFORM                                       TWO INSIDE-PAINTED AGATE SNUFF
           SNUFF BOTTLES                                                      BOTTLES
           18th/19th century                                                  20th century
           The first painted with a narrative scene,                          The first of oviform shape, delicately painted
           Yongzheng six-character mark; the second                           with groups of swimming carp, inscribed
           painted with the twelve animals of the Zodiac,                     and signed; the other, with carved mock-
           Chenghua four-character mark, stopper; the                         embossed handles, painted with pairs of
           third with boys in adult pursuits of chess,                        tigers in a forest, also inscribed. Each about
           archery and government audiences, Qianlong                         7cm (2 3/4in) high (2).
           four-character mark. The tallest two: 6.5cm (2
           1/2in) high (5).                                                   £600 - 800
                                                                              CNY5,300 - 7,100
           £1,000 - 1,500                                                     HK$5,800 - 7,700
           CNY8,800 - 13,000
           HK$9,700 - 15,000                                                  Provenance: an English private collection,
                                                                              and thence by descent
           Provenance: an English private collection,
           and thence by descent

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