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Fine Chinese and Asian Art — Leonard Joel Pty. Ltd.

Auction House:Leonard Joel Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:460
Sale Title:Fine Chinese and Asian ArtLots with images:460
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:310
Date:25-Aug-2024
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A Chinese yellow jade disc, Neolithic period, 7000 B.C.-1700 B.C. Together with a Chinese jade belt buckle, Song-Yuan Dynasty, 13-14th century, 3.7 cm diameter, belt buckle: 6.4 cm long, / /
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A Chinese pale white jade "Double twisted Ropes" ornamental ring, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). A similar example from Warring States period, see Palace Museum, Beijing, Museum no0085254. 8 cm diameter
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A Chinese white jade carved pendant Huang, with a fitted box, 18 cm long
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A Chinese yellow jade carved openwork double dragon plaque, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). 6.8 cm high
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A Chinese jade carved dragon pendant, 6.3 cm wide
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A Chinese bronze censer, Han Dynasty (202 B.C.-220 A.D.). 21 cm high
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A Chinese bronze vessel Dou, Warring States (475 BC - 221 BC). 20.5 cm high
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A Chinese archaic bronze vessel You, possibly late Western Zhou Dynasty, circa 8th century B.C. The vessel is with a circular mouth, constricted neck, sloping shoulders leading to a rounded body, and a circular foot at the base. The mouth is capped with a button lid decorated with intricate human face motifs, while the lid itself features a concentric arrangement of linear patterns reminiscent of unfolding flowers, radiating gracefully outward from the central button. The neck is encircled by a band of…
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A Chinese cloisonne square censer and cover, late Qing Dynasty, 19TH/Early 20th century, /, 39 cm high, 33 wide
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A Chinese archaistic bronze square censer, Fangzun, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). The censer is decorated with four elephant head handles. 15 cm high, 15 cm high, 13.5 cm wide
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A Chinese archaistic bronze wine vessel, Jue, Ming/Qing Dynasty, 17TH/18th century, / /, 12 cm high, 13.5 cm wide
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A Chinese bronze vessel Gui formed censer, Ming Dynasty, 17th century, the interior centre cast with inscription reads "Bo Zuo Bao Zun Yi", meaning "Duke made this precious vessel". 21.5 cm diameter
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A Chinese bronze tripod censer and cover, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). The censer is in the form of an archaistic ritual vessel li, the cover with a lion finial. 20.5 cm high, 13.5 cm wide, 20.5 cm high, 13.5 cm wide
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A large Chinese bronze Bamboo-Form censer, cover and stand, Qing Dynasty, 18th century, with "Song Yue Lv" cast mark on the base. 33 cm wide, 28.5 cm high
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A Chinese bronze Gui style censer, Qing Dynasty, 17TH/18th century, the base is with Wen Zhu Zhai cast mark. 12.7 cm wide, weight 850g, /
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A Chinese bronze censer, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). The base is with four-character Yi pin Qing Yun cast mark. 9.8 cm wide, weight 691g
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A Chinese bronze square censer, Xuande mark, 17th century, It's decorated with mythical beast handles, rested on four short beast-head legs. 16.8 cm wide, weight 2117g
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A pair of Chinese bronze lamps in the form of two officials, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). 23 cm high
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A Chinese bronze censer and cover, Qing Dynasty (1664-1911). The censer is in the form of a lotus, flanked by a pair of handles in the form of boys. The cover is decorated with a mythical beast finial. 12 cm high
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A fine Chinese bronze lamp, Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368). In the form of a dancing figure "Huren". 17.5 cm high including base
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A Chinese cast iron figure of a scholar, Song/Yuan Dynasty, 13TH/14th century, with a fitted wooden stand and a wooden box. 23.4 cm high (figure without stand). / /
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A Chinese bronze brush stand of double dragons, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). An almost identical one sold at Poly Beijing, 11/8/2012, lot 1833. 17.5 cm long
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A Chinese Gilt- bronze mythical beast, late Ming Dynasty, 17th century, 5.5 cm wide
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A Chinese gold lacquer bronze "Qilin" censer, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). 26 cm wide, 17 cm high
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A Chinese bronze mythical beast, 17th century, 7.5 cm wide
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A Chinese bronze figure of the Magu and a deer, late Ming Dynasty, 17th century, 19.3 cm high
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A Chinese bronze Qilin mythical beast, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). 11.5 cm high, 9.5 cm wide
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A bronze elephant censer and cover, 16TH/17th century, in the form of a luohan sitting on the back of the resting elephant reading a sutra. /, 19 cm wide, 14 cm high
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A pair of Chinese bronze lions, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). 11.5 cm wide
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A Chinese bronze vase, Yuan/Ming Dynasty, 13TH/14th century, / /, 21.8 cm high
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A Chinese bronze Touhu, Late-Ming/Early-Qing Dynasty, 17th century, four-character carved xuande mark to the base. /, 20.4 cm high, 20.5 cm high
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A Chinese archaistic bronze vessel, Hu, Late-Ming Dynasty 17th century, the neck is decorated with a bend of taotie masks. 24 cm high
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A Chinese bronze vessel, Hu, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). 33.2 cm high
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A Chinese bronze figure of a lion, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). With a fitted wood stand. 22.5 cm high
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A Chinese bronze figure of a lion, late 19TH/Early 20th century, /, 21.5 cm wide
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A Chinese bronze and silver inlaid brush pot, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). The exterior is inlaid with a dragon amongst ruyi clouds. 12.5 cm high
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A Chinese gilt bronze "Taotie" mask handle, Han/Eastern Jin, 3TH/4th century, 8 cm wide, 7.5 cm high, / /
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A rare Chinese rock crystal carved goose formed belt hook, Han Dynasty (206 B.C. -220 A.D.). A similar example please see Sparkling Splendours: the Art of ancient Chinese carvings on rock crystal and agate, the Taoshi Zhai collection, no. 143, p. 161. 6.4 cm long
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A rare Chinese agate dragon head belt hook, Han Dynasty (206 B.C. - 220 a. D.). A similar example please see Sparkling Splendours: the Art of ancient Chinese carvings on rock crystal and agate, the Taoshi Zhai collection, no. 151, p. 165. 7.2 cm long
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A rare Chinese rock crystal carved dragon belt hook, Western Han (260 B.C. - 8 A.D.). A similar example please see Sparkling Splendours: the Art of ancient Chinese carvings on rock crystal and agate, the Taoshi Zhai collection, no. 136, p. 155. 7.4 cm long
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A rare Chinese red agate carved dragon belt hook, Warring States period (475 B.C. - 221 a. D.). A belt hook with almost identical shape, made of rock crystal, please see Sparkling Splendours: the Art of ancient Chinese carvings on rock crystal and agate, the Taoshi Zhai collection, no. 71, p. 104. 7.5 cm long
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A Chinese agate carved dragon belt hook, Han Dynasty (206 B.C. -220 A.D.). An other agate belt hook with a similar shape of dragon head, please see Sparkling Splendours: the Art of ancient Chinese carvings on rock crystal and agate, the Taoshi Zhai collection, no. 153, p. 165. 8 cm long
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A rare Chinese agate carved goose formed belt hook, Han Dynasty (206 B.C. -220 A.D.). A similar example please see Sparkling Splendours: the Art of ancient Chinese carvings on rock crystal and agate, the Taoshi Zhai collection, no. 157, p. 167. 3.5 cm long
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A rare and large Chinese rock crystal carved dragon belt hook, Warring States period (475 B.C. - 221 a. D.). A smaller belt hook with almost identical shape (7.7 cm long), please see Sparkling Splendours: the Art of ancient Chinese carvings on rock crystal and agate, the Taoshi Zhai collection, no. 71, p. 104. 9 cm long
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A rare and large Chinese red agate carved dragon belt hook, Han Dynasty (206 B.C. - 220 A.D.). 9 cm long
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A rare Chinese agate carved seated deer, Han Dynasty (206 B.C. - 220 a. D.). A smaller example (3.8 x 3 cm) please see Sparkling Splendours: the Art of ancient Chinese carvings on rock crystal and agate, the Taoshi Zhai collection, no. 134, p. 153. 4.2 cm long, 4 cm high
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A rare Chinese agate carved Turtledove, Han Dynasty (206 B.C.- 220 a. D.). An almost identical example please see Sparkling Splendours: the Art of ancient Chinese carvings on rock crystal and agate, the Taoshi Zhai collection, no. 129, p. 149. 6 cm long
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A set of four Chinese carved biscuit porcelain 'Landscape' scholar's objects, Qianlong mark, late Qing/Republic period, early 20th century, /, largest 13 x 9 cm
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A pair of Chinese red glazed dogs, Qing Dynasty, 18/19th century, with fitted wood stands. Each 12 cm wide, /
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A Chinese blue and white chilong dragon censer, Kangxi period (1662-1722). 8.7 cm diameter
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A Chinese bronze mirror, Han Dynasty (202 B.C.-220 A.D.). With a fitted box. 12 cm diameter
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A fine Chinese zitan carved Lingzhi formed hat stand, Qing Dynasty, 18th/19th century, with a fitted hardwood stand. 50 cm high
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A Chinese carved lobed cinnabar lacquer dish, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). With a Japanese lacquered wood box. 8.5 cm long, 13.5 cm wide
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A fine Chinese white jade 'Mythical Beast' seal, Qing Dynasty, 18th century, the finial is finely carved with a Xiezhi, the seal face is carved with a four-character inscription, Wu Fu Xiang Yong. 4.5 cm high
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A fine Chinese inlaid zitan circular box and cover, Yangzhou school, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). 9 cm diameter
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A Chinese lapis lazuli carved square "Taotie" censer, Ding, Qian long mark, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). "Da Qing Qian long Fang Gu" six-character carved mark on the base. 15 cm high
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A Chinese green crackle glaze washer, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). 24.5 cm diameter
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A rare Chinese Puddingstone brush pot, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). 13 cm high
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A Chinese jadeite table screen, late 19TH/Early 20th century, the front of the screen is finely carved with two scholars in the river landscape, the back is inscribed with a Qianlong's poem, with a Qianlong mark and seal. With a hardwood stand. Overall: 27 x 17.5 x 12 cm, /
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A fine Chinese bamboo carved Hu-Shaped vase, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). The body is finely carved in relief with rope pattern under two bands of abstract dragon motif. 17.5 cm high, 15.5 cm diameter
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A group of six Chinese archaic jade carvings, Han/Ming Dynasty, largest 5 cm long, /
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A Chinese soapstone carved vessel Zun, Xing You Heng Tang carved mark, Daoguang period (1820-1850). 14.5 cm diameter, 10.5 cm high
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A Chinese white jade carved ink stand, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). The top is intricately carved in relief, depicting a scholar seated in a pine-tree boat, with a crane soaring among the clouds. 9.5 cm long
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A Chinese Taihu scholar's rock, with a carved fitted wood stand. 42.8 cm high
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A Chinese huanghuali scholar's tray, 20th century, the tray is with two hidden drawers. Compare a protocol of such scholar's tray from the Ming dynasty, see Wang Shixiang, classic Chinese furniture: Ming and early Qing Dynasties, Han-Shan Tang books, London, 1986, pl. 161. 34 x 34 x 10.5 cm
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A Chinese Duan Inkstone, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). With a zitan case. 15 x 9.8 cm
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A Chinese huanghuali carved three-tier square dragon box, Qianlong period (1736-1795). 22.5 cm long, 22.5 cm wide,15 cm high
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A group of two Chinese bronze vessels, Qing Dynasty, 17/18th century, Compressing a square vase(cong) and a small tripod censer with a one-character xuan mark on the base. /, vase: 15.5 cm high, censor: 5 cm diameter. 15.5 cm high and 5 cm high
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A Chinese huanghuali box and cover, Qing Dynasty, 18th/19th century, /, 11 x 8 x 3.4 cm
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Two Chinese Hongmu stands, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Larger: 27 cm long
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A Chinese marble and hardwood tray, 37 x 27 x 3.4 cm
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A Chinese zitan tray and a Hongmu stand, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Tray: 12 cm long
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Two Chinese zitan trays, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Larger one: 42 x 28.2 x 7.8 cm
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A Chinese soapstone carved seal, dated to 1898, It's finely carved with two chilong on the top, one side of the seal inscribed with "Guangxu Wuxu Dong, Yi Mu Ju Shi Ke", translated as Yi Mu Ju Shi carved in the winter of Wu Xu year (1898). 7.5 cm high, 1898
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A Chinese soapstone carved brush pot, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). The front is decorate with a pair of magpies on a plum blossom tree, the back is carved with a poem, dated to 1798, by a famous scholar Weng Fanggang (1733-1818). 14 cm high, 12 cm diameter,
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A Chinese huanghuali, bamboo and metal abacus, Suanpan, Qing Dynsasty, 18th/19th century, 38.6 x 16.5 x 2.5 cm, /
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A Chinese Aloeswood rosary, 30 cm long overall
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A small Chinese Huanhunli brush pot, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). 13.3 cm high
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A Chinese enamel porcelain shell, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). With two impressed seal marks on the back. 21.5 cm wide
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A Chinese amber glass vase, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). 39.5 cm high
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A small Chinese Yixing brush pot, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). In the form of a tree trunk, it was moulded in high relief of gnarled prunus branches, the clay of a beige tone, the body with a seal mark reading maolin. For a similar example bearing maolin mark, see china guardian, Beijing, 18/05/2014, lot 3809. 10.5 cm high
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A Chinese scholar's rock, with a carved fitted wood stand. 34.5 cm high
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A Chinese stone carved scholar's object, in the form of a tree trunk, with a fitted wooden stand. 15 cm high
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A large Chinese Taihu scholar's rock, with a fitted wood stand. 93.5 x 45 x 35.5 cm, weight 85kg.
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A Chinese tea set, early 20th century, comprising a zisha teapot, and two tin tea caddies. Tea pot: 14 cm high, jars: 9 cm and 8 cm high
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A Chinese gold hair pin together with two silver brooches with jadeite inlaid, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Gold hair pin: 9.9 cm long, weight 10g
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A Chinese gold knife with huanghuali handle and scabbard, Wen Fang Yi Hao studio mark, with "Wen Fang Yi Hao Tang Ying Yang Zhi", "Au 999", "66.78 g" and "063" marks. With a fitted box. 27.5 cm long, weight 66.78g, 66.78.
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A Chinese Suzhou school carved Three-Colour agate snuff bottle, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). 6.5 cm high
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A Chinese carved and enamelled opaque white glass snuff bottle, Guyuexuan mark, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). 6.5 cm high
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A Chinese carved Three-Colour agate snuff bottle, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). 6 cm high
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A Chinese jadeite snuff bottle, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). 6 cm high
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A Chinese Mughal-Style white jade with gold mounted snuff bottle, 8 cm high
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A Chinese large carved yellow glass snuff bottle, Qing Dynasty, 19TH/Early 20th century, /, 8.9 cm high
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A Chinese aubergine glass snuff bottle, Qian long four-character carved mark, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). The front and back are carved with poems, followed by a carved Qianlong mark. 9 cm high
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A group of four fine Chinese glass snuff bottles, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). With a fitted wood box. Largest 7 cm high
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A Chinese white overlay amber glass snuff bottle, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). 5.5 cm high
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A Chinese blue green and red overlay opaque glass snuff bottle, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). 7 cm high
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A group of four Chinese snuff bottles, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Largest: 8 cm high, .
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A Chinese jadeite snuff bottle, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, 6.4 cm high
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A Chinese Chert stone snuff bottle, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). For an almost identical snuff bottle, see moss, Graham and Tsang, a Treasury of Chinese snuff bottles: the Mary and George Bloch collection, Vol.2, Hongkong, 1998, pp. 81-82, no.210, where the author outlines how the Bloch example was identified in the late 1960s by Geological Museum in London as 'Chert', a name given to a range of impure siliceous rocks, but that in the absence of taking a destructive sample, a question remains over this small…
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