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A LAVENDER AND GREEN JADEITE FACETED SNUFF BOTTLE
1780-1880
Each main side centered with a reserve enclosing a fu or shou
character surrounded by panels framing scrolls and diamond patterns,
and flanked with faux lion mask-and-ring handles carved to the narrow
sides; the lustrous matrix in shades of pale lavender and green.
2 1/4in (5.7cm) high
$2,000 - 3,000

1780-1880年 翠玉雕福壽紋八方鼻煙壺

Provenance:
A Private Pennsylvania Collection

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AN INMITATION REALGAR GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1740-1800
Of ovoid form rising to a subtly waisted neck, with a flat lip and foot,
the material composed of shades including brown, orange-red, and
yellow, forming irregular patches to resemble realgar.
2 3/8in (6.1cm) high
$1,200 - 1,800

1740-1800年 仿雄黃料鼻煙壺

Provenance:
Private California Collection

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AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
Ma Family, 1914
One side painted with four boys reading at a low table below an
inscription reading nianshu tu (reading), the verso inscribed with a light-
hearted poem depicting a sleepy early afternoon moment in a summer,
dated jiayin (1914), inscribed Ma Shaoxuan with a painted red seal
mark.
2 3/8in (6.1cm) high

$2,000 - 3,000

甲寅年（1914年） 馬氏家族作 玻璃內畫「念書圖」鼻煙壺

Provenance:
Clare Lawrence Ltd., 1997
Janne Holmes, Australia

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