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A SELECTION OF FOUR ‘SHADOW AGATE’
SNUFF BOTTLES
19th/20th century
Each well hollowed and carved to incorporate
the inclusions in the design, variously depicting
a sage fishing, Shoulao and a deer, boys at play
and birds and peonies, all with stoppers. The
largest: 6cm (2 3/8in) high (8).

£800 - 1,000
CNY7,100 - 8,800
HK$7,700 - 9,700
Provenance: formerly in an old Belgian private
collection (by repute).
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TWO HORNBILL AND TWO AMBER SNUFF
BOTTLES
19th century 393
The hornbill bottles carved with archaistic taotie
masks, with chilong and mask ring handles; and
two compressed amber bottles, one with mask
ring handles, stoppers.
The largest 6.7cm (2.5/8in) high (8).

£800 - 1,200
CNY7,100 - 11,000
HK$7,700 - 12,000

Provenance: Quek Kiok Lee Collection (1921 –
2018), Singapore, and thence by descent.

395
A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE SNUFF
BOTTLE AND A WHITE JADE BOTTLE
20th century
The first carved to one side with a scholar and
his attendant, the russet inclusion cleverly used
to pick out the garments, the reverse with a
further russet patch with an incised Qianlong
four-character mark, stopper; the second well
hollowed, standing on a protruding oval foot 394
ring, carved from a pale even stone, stopper.
The tallest: 5.2cm (2 in) high (4).
£1,000 - 1,500
CNY8,800 - 13,000
HK$9,700 - 15,000
396
A RED OVERLAY ‘DRAGON’ SNUFF
BOTTLE AND A THREE-COLOUR OVERLAY
‘COCKEREL’ BOTTLE
18th/19th century
The first of slender form, with deep red overlay
on a snowstorm ground carved on either side
with a sinuous clambering dragon, flanked by
mock mask-and-loop handles; the second with
green, red and blue overlay on a white ground
depicting a cockerel and its chicks in a garden of
tall flowers, stopper. The dragon bottle: 7.4cm (2
7/8in) high (3). 395 396
£1,000 - 1,500
CNY8,800 - 13,000
HK$9,700 - 15,000

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