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A WHITE JADE ‘EGGPLANT’ SNUFF BOTTLE
19th century
Naturalistically carved, the body made from white jade to resemble
the eggplant, with a butterfly carved in low relief on the side, the calyx
surrounding the mouth carved from spinach jade.
2 1/2in (6.3cm) high

$3,000 - 5,000

十九世紀 白玉雕茄式鼻煙壺

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AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
Chen Zhongsan, 1910
Painted in black ink and subdued shades of color to one side depicting
the bearded Tang dynasty poet Meng Haoran on a mule, followed by
his attendant holding a prunus branch over his shoulder, making their
way toward a stone bridge in a snow-covered, formidable landscape,
the verso painted with insects surrounding a large cabbage in a rocky
and grassy land strewn with small flowers; the upper left corner dated
gengxu (corresponding to 1910), signed Chen Zhongsan, with one
seal painted in red.
2 1/2in (6.4cm) high
$2,500 - 3,500

庚戌年（1910年） 陳仲三作 玻璃內畫孟浩然踏雪尋梅圖鼻煙壺

Provenance:
A Private Pennsylvania Collection

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A MOLDED AND ENAMELED PORCELAIN ‘FIGURAL’ SNUFF
BOTTLE
Republic period
Modeled in the form of a proud first-rank Manchu court official dressed
in a conical guanmao and crane roundel decorated court robe, his hair
braided into a queue, the finial on his hat serving as the bottle stopper.
3 1/2in (8.9cm) high

$1,500 - 2,000
民國 瓷胎模製官人像形鼻煙壺

Provenance:
Ed Combatalade Collection, California
Thence by descent

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