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Auction House:Gibson's Auctioneers & ValuersNumber of lots recorded:664
Sale Title:Estate & CollectorLots with images:588
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:171
Date:14-Oct-2018
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A Chinese hanging scroll attributed to Chen Banding (1876-1970) Gathering Ganoderma watercolour, ink, colour/ paper
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A Chinese hanging scroll attributed to Ma Quan (1669-1722) Chrysanthemum and Peony watercolour, ink, colour/paper
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A Chinese hanging scroll with one red seal Lychee and Cicada watercolour ink on paper
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A Chinese scroll signed Yang Ting Zhu, Lotus & Egret watercolour ink, colour/paper
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A Chinese scroll attributed to Zhang Shuqi (1899-1956) Hens and Flowers 1946 watercolour, ink, colour/paper
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A Chinese hanging scroll, with two seals Monkeys, Flowers and Sparrows watercolour on silk
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A Chinese hanging scroll signed Zheng Bao Mountain Landscape 1987 watercolour ink on paper
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A pair of Chinese scrolls one with a bird and peonies and one with a lotus and a hummingbird watercolour, ink signed Liu Yifeng
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A Chinese hanging scroll attributed to Gu Luo (1763-1837) watercolour, ink, colour/paper
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A Chinese scroll attributed to Wu Changshuo (1844-1927) with three red seals Peaches 1924 watercolour, ink, colour/paper
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A pair of Chinese hanging scrolls Eighteen Bachelors watercolour, ink, colour/ paper
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A Chinese scroll painting pond and landscape watercolour, pigment on silk
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A Chinese painting scroll attributed to Feng Xiandi Mountainous landscape
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A Chinese hanging scroll Mountainous Landscape with Pavilions and Figures watercolour, ink, colour/ paper
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A Chinese hanging scroll attributed to Wu Changshuo (1844-1927) Lychee ink, colour/paper
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A Chinese hanging scroll attributed to Shen Zongjing (1669-1735) Mountain Landscape watercolour on silk
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A Chinese scroll attributed to Huang Shanshou (1855-1919) Peony watercolour on paper
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A Chinese scroll attributed to Zou Yigui (1686-1772)
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A Chinese hanging scroll with one red seal Plum Blossom
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A Chinese hanging scroll with three red seals Orchid & Peony
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Four Chinese hanging scrolls attributed to Zou Yigui (1686-1772) Fruitful Watercolour, pigment on silk (hanging scroll) (4)
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Four Chinese hanging scrolls attributed to Jiang Tingxi (1669-1732) Blooming watercolour, ink on paper (hanging scroll) (4)
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A finely carved Canton export ivory card case, 19th century profusely carved with scenes of figures at various pastimes and occupations within architecture and foliage
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A Chinese amber coloured snuff bottle well hollowed, with a hardstone stopper
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A Chinese rock crystal snuff bottle, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) well hollowed and translucent, each side finely carved with a bat, with a jadeite stopper
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A large and finely carved Canton export ivory tusk vase, 19th century carved in deep relief to all surfaces with scenes of figures at various pastimes and occupations within architecture and foliage on a finely pierced ground
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A green-overlay white glass snuff bottle, probably late Qing dynasty finely carved with a continuous pattern of flowering convolvulus, carved four character seal mark to the shoulder, agate stopper
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A green and white-overlay pink glass snuff bottle possibly 18th/19th century bubble suffused glass with green and white overlay carved to the pink base, depicting Zuang Guolao carrying his bamboo yugu and seated backwards on an ox beneath trees, a white lingzhi rising from the base, reverse with a wood cutter standing on a rocky outcrop between two pine trees with a fisherman casting a line into a pond, rose quartz stopper
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A moulded enamel pottery snuff bottle 20th century relief decorated with a phoenix flying toward a red sun among coloured clouds, the reverse with a five clawed dragon soaring among clouds chasing a flaming pearl, recessed base with a red Qianlong mark
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A green and white overlay caramel glass snuff bottle, carved by Hui Jun, 1970, 1990 carved in the 'Jing Zuo' style carved with the figure of Tao Yuan Ming standing on a knoll with clouds in the background pointing at green and white asters, the reverse with a boy crouched over a basket of chrysanthemums with green and white clouds overhead, the artist's signature carved into the caramel ground, jade stopper
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A green-overlay opaque glass snuff bottle first half 20th century carved with an oval cartouche to each side of pavilions and a sampan in landscape scenes, the shoulders and side panels decorated with a wave pattern, brass mounted green hardstone stopper
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A jadeite snuff bottle, 19th/20th century the suffused apple green body carved with a prancing horse
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Three pudding stone snuff bottles, probably late Qing/early Republic 1880, 1920 each with agate stopper
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A celadon jade snuff bottle carved in low relief with a continuous scene of distant mountains and a sampan gliding down a river past a pavilion
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A large and varied group of glass and porcelain snuff bottles comprising bottles painted with floral and figural scenes, (17)
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A carved amethyst snuff bottle carved in high relief with swirling tao-tie
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A carved ivory snuff bottle, late Qing dynasty carved in high relief with scenes of the female immortal He Xiangu holding her magical lotus flower seated upon a Kylin, the reverse decorated with He Xiangu holding the peach of eternal life and riding the clouds
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A natural crystal snuff bottle, late Qing Dynasty the translucent stone carved in relief with lotus lappets
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A carved cameo agate snuff bottle 19th/20th century carved using the dark brown and grey inclusions in the stone to depict a scene of a scholar and student, rose quartz stopper
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An inside-painted hexagonal glass snuff bottle, 20th century, painted with a continuous scene of three maidens in a landscape setting, inscription and artist's seal in red, carved jade stopper
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An inside-painted glass snuff bottle by Yun Chuan, 'One Bottle Studio' 2nd half 20th century decorated with a continuous scene from the 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms' depicting Kuang Chung-yen, father-in-law of the hermit Ju-Gur Liang, riding his donkey followed by his attendant, inscribed on both sides with two red seals of the artist
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An inside-painted glass snuff bottle signed Shi Qian, Republic period depicting the concubine Yang Kuei Fei, signed to both sides, agate stopper
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An inside-painted snuff bottle by Wang Jiu Zhou Hengshui - Hebei, 1970 -1999 decorated to one side with a collared greyhound named Cangshui Qau under a pine tree, calligraphy to the side, the reverse with a brown Tibetan mastiff and a pine tree, red seal marks for the artist Wang Jiu Zhou above the dog's head, signed Wang Jiu Zhou on the side with two further red seals Note: After the style of two works by Giuseppi Castiglione dated 1746 and 1749 now hanging in the National Museum, Taiwan
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A inside-painted glass snuff bottle 1977 decorated with a scene from the 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms' depicting Kuang Chung-yen, father-in-law of hermit Ju-Gur Liang, riding his donkey under a rocky ledge followed by his attendant shouldering a prunus branch with a gourd of wine, the reverse with Ju-Gur Liang writing at his table, his literary scrolls in a container by his side, dated and signed by the artist
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A plique-a-jour cloisonne snuff bottle 20th century decorated with a bunch of coloured mallow flowers to each side, metal stopper set with coloured glass
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A mottled dark brown carved Chalcedony snuff bottle, attributed to Official School 1800 -1850 carved in the Suzhou style depicting a saddled horse tethered to a pine tree with a monkey climbing in the branches, sodalite stopper
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An inside-painted glass snuff bottle, attributed to Ding Erzhong, dated 1892 painted to one side with a figure in a boat against a mountainous landscape, the reverse inscribed with a poem ' My Idle Dreams Roam Far' by Li Yu, signed Ding Erzhong to each side with seals
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An inside-painted glass snuff bottle, attributed to Zhou Leyuan, dated 1892 painted to one side with figures under trees against a mountainous landscape, the reverse inscribed with a poem ' Grass' by bi Juyi, artists signature with red seals to each side
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A white-overlay blue glass snuff bottle carved through the semi-transluscent white overlay with a scholar reading a scroll under a pine tree, the reverse with a 'Xiao Zhuan' seal script poem, the base wheel-cut with a two character mark for emperor Qianlong
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A sponge coral 'iron tree' snuff bottle 1974 carved in relief to represent the mythical 'Iron Tree' with sprouting blossoms from a rocky outcrop
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A well carved cinnabar lacquer snuff bottle, 19th century relief carved with a rural scene within stylised lingzhi and lappet borders
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A moulded glass simulated coral snuff bottle 20th century with an intricate design of the Water Dragon in a sea of waves, incised four character apocryphal Qianlong mark, brass banded glass stopper
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A brown overlay turquoise glass snuff bottle probably Tongzhi/Guangxu 1862, 1908 decorated with a continuous scene of two carp flowing from a woven fishing basket, metal mounted turquoise and coral stopper
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A turquoise (Kong Que Shi) matrix snuff bottle Late Qing/early Republic period 1880, 1920 of rectangular form with bevelled edges, gilded metal mounted red coral stopper
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A moss agate snuff bottle, Republican period 1912, 1949 together with a banded pink quartz snuff bottle and a black jasper snuff bottle
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A varied group of twelve Chinese snuff bottles made from varying organic materials including bone, cinnibar lacquer, bamboo and horn
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An inside-painted glass snuff bottle, signed Yi Yuan, 'One Bottle Studio', 3rd quarter 20th century painted to one side with cicada's and bamboo, the reverse decorated with grasshoppers and flowers, signed and inscribed with red seals
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An inside-painted glass snuff bottle decorated to both sides with a figure in a landscape scene, signed and inscribed to both sides
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An inside-painted glass snuff bottle, by Yeh Chung-San, Middle Period, dated 1904 decorated with a market scene under a tree
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A varied group of ten enamel and metal mounted snuff bottles
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A mixed group of eight famille rose enamel on metal snuff bottles comprising a blue and white enamel snuff bottle showing elder and student Yongzheng mark; a yellow enamelled snuff bottle with mandarin ducks; a copper snuff bottle enamelled with birds and flowers; a blue and white phoenix motif enamel snuff bottle; an enamelled snuff bottle depicting Zhong Kui; a copper enamel snuff bottle decorated with two cats; a copper enamel snuff bottle decorated with children playing in a garden and an enamelled…
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A large cased inside-painted burgundy overlay glass snuff bottle dated 1894 decorated with three figures in a garden, two playing mahjong another observing,the reverse with two figures, metal mounted Azurite stopper
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An inside-painted glass snuff bottle depicting two immortals by Ye Zhongsan(Yeh Chung-san) 1924 decorated with the immortal Zuang Guolao riding a water buffalo, the reverse with the immortal Lu Cao Guo-Jiu seated on a flying Phoenix
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A carved and reticulated tortoiseshell snuff bottle, Republic period finely carved with a panel of swirling dragons amid clouds, horn stopper
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A carved Shoushan stone pebble-form snuff bottle carved with a scene of scholars in a mountainous landscape
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A banded agate snuff bottle and a rhyolite snuff bottle Republican period and later
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A lac burgaute snuff bottle, late 19th/20th century decrated and inlaid with abalone shell, gold and silver foil on a black lacquer ground
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An etched simulated amber yellow glass snuff bottle, late Qing Dynasty the polished surface carved to a matte background in low relief with lotus flowers and leaves within medallions, black glass stopper mounted on filigree silvered metal
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A white-overlay black glass snuff bottle, late Qing dynasty overlaid and finely carved with a continuous scene of magpies perched on flowering branches, bearing incised Qianlong Nianzhi mark, peach decorated dark green glass stopper
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A collection of ten enamelled porcelain snuff bottles, Republic Period and later
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An imitation jet glass snuff bottle late 19th century the faceted octagonal bottle with a jade stopper with carved rooster finial
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Seven Chinese porcelain snuff bottles comprising five blue and white porcelain bottles, a blue on green bottle and a polychrome decorated bottle
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A group of ten enamelled porcelain snuff bottles, 19th century and later each variously decorated with flowers birds and figures in landscape scenes
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Three famille rose enamelled porcelain snuff bottles and a famille rose enamelled glass snuff bottle, 19th century and later one bottle decorated with flowers, another with a scene of an official and an attendant in a garden scene, the third bottle painted with a rabbit accompanied by a certificate of authenticity, together with a glass bottle decorated with figures to both sides (4)
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A famille rose porcelain snuff bottle Daoguang mark, 20th century painted with a continuous scene of figures in a landscape, recessed base with red Daoguang mark
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A white-overlay pink glass snuff bottle, late Qing Dynasty carved in low relief overlay with a horse and rider whirling a bolo over his head pursuing a dog and a cat, the reverse with a boy and an ox cart, Yangzhou seal to one side and inscription to the reverse
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A set of seven porcelain snuff bottles depicting the Chinese immortals, 20th century
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A red-overlay opaque white glass snuff bottle 19th century carved with two water dragons rising from waves, incised two character mark to the base for Emperor Yongzheng
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A white moulded porcelain snuff bottle Daoguang mark, 20th century relief decorated with a continuous scene of a stork under a pine tree, matching porcelain stopper
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A pink and white moulded famille rose snuff bottle Daoguang mark 1821, 1850 the meiping form decorated with the emblems of the eight immortals, the gold rim recessed foot with blue seal script mark for Daoguang nian zhi
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A carved ox horn snuff bottle in the shape of a horse carrying a cask the recumbent horse bearing a round cask on its back topped with a matching round stopper
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Two carved Hawksbill tortoiseshell snuff bottles Republic period One modelled as an urn the other of hexagonal double gourd shape
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A moulded porcelain famille rose snuff bottle Daoguang 1820, 1880 moulded in high relief with the eight immortals painted in a colours sitting among coloured clouds each holding their chosen symbol, four character iron red script mark for Daoguang nian zhi, blue glass stopper
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An enamelled porcelain water dragon snuff bottle Daoguang mark decorated with a green bearded blue scaled water dragon rising up from foaming waves and reaching to capture a gold flaming pearl, rubbed red Daoguang mark
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A carved black glass cicada snuff bottle, probably late 19th century carved in the form of a squatting cicada with folded wings the open mouth with red glass stopper
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A collection of famille rose enamelled porcelain snuff bottles three bottles decorated with flowers and birds, the fourth bottle painted with a cartouche to each side of a European mother and child, together with a set of three vase form bottles decorated with birds and flowers (6)
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Six various carved and overlayed Chinese glass snuff bottles comprising a blue overlaid white bottle, a white overlaid blue bottle, two multi coloured overlay bottles, a white overlaid yellow bottle and a deep red overlaid on blue bottle (6)
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Two yellow and green glaze lotus relief snuff bottles Xianfeng marks one of baluster form with a green glaze and blue six character underglaze mark for the Xianfeng period, matching stopper, the second bottle of double gourd form with blue six character underglaze mark, matching stopper
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A famille rose enamelled porcelain snuff bottle decorated with a scene from ' The Red Chamber Dream' depicting the meeting of Bao-yu and Dai-yu who is holding a lingzhi fungus, the reverse depicting Dai-yu holding a wine jar and accompanied by a deer
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A collection of Chinese snuff bottle catalogues and references including Sotheby's and Bonhams sale catalogues
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A varied group of seven Chinese porcelain and glass snuff bottles in various shapes including baluster and double gourd with floral decoration
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A finely decorated inside-painted glass snuff bottle, attributed to Ding Erzhong, 'The Lan Ting Shu', dated Beijing 1898 and Wuxian 1901 finely painted with figures by a stream in a landscape of trees, rocky outcrops, a waterfall and distant mountains titled Lanting Xu Qi Tu at a representation of the preface to the gathering at the Orchid Pavilion in 353AD, detailed calligraphy to the reverse with the complete script of 'The Lanting Xu'; signed Erzhong and inscribed in Beijing eleventh month winter Wuxu…
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A dark brown-overlay yellow glass snuff bottle adorned with a continuous scene of four birds sitting among branches of cherry blossom, incised two character Qianlong wheel mark to the base, glass stopper
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A multi-colour glass overlay snuff bottle, possibly late Qing dynasty decorated with clouds and bats circling a string of money, green glass stopper
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A group of figural and animal form Chinese glass, porcelain and boxwood snuff bottles Including bottles in the form of a monkey, an elephant, a tree shrew, a carp, a frog and a figure of Buddha (12)
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A pink glass overlay cabbage snuff bottle Republican period 1912, 1949 the slender baluster milk glass form overlaid with pale pink carved with overlapping leaves
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An unusual speckled glass snuff bottle, possibly circa 1820 a compressed pear form with a carved mask to each shoulder, the pale pinkish opaque cased glass is suffused with random splashes of red, yellow, bluish purple and green
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A large and varied collection of Chinese hard-stone snuff bottles including agate, malachite, amethyst crystal and chalcedony bottles (28)
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A carved yellow glass snuff bottle decorated to each side with bats and coins, carved hardstone stopper of a recumbent horse
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Seven Chinese jadeite and hardstone snuff bottles and a jade figural seal
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