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Auction House:
Shapiro Auctioneers
Number of lots recorded:18
Lots with images:18
Prices available:18
Category:
Snuff Bottles
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** Chinese white jade snuff bottle, 19th/20th century, of flattened upright form, with two carved Taoti masks on each sides, with stopper, height 7 cm. Provenance: Lammert Brothers Auctioneers, Hong Kong, Lot 58, 13 October 1977 ***
*** Canton enamel 'European subject' snuff bottle Republic period two panels depicting women and children in Renaissance dress surrounded by scrolling lotus vines on a yellow ground, Qianlong mark to base. Height 5.5 cm ***
*** Chinese carved pale green jade snuff bottle, of double gourd shape, carved with scrolling leaves and insects, together with a carved amethyst snuff bottle, with lapis lazuli lid, lid (A/F) (2), height 9 cm, 8 cm ***
*** Canton enamel 'European subject' snuff bottle Republic period two panels depicting women in Renaissance and classical dress surrounded by scrolling lotus vines on a yellow ground, Qianlong mark to base. Height 7.2 cm ***
*** Chinese carved opal snuff bottle, carved in high relief with boy and cat playing amongst flowers, surmounted by a coral stopper, height 6 cm ***
*** Three Chinese snuff bottles, 19th/20th century, comprising an interior painted snuff bottle, decorated with pheasants beside prunus, a green feathered pattern snuff bottle, and a carved hornbill snuff bottle (3), height 7.5 cm, 7 cm, 5.5 cm ***
*** Four snuff bottles, comprising a peach coloured glass bottle with red seal, a hardstone bottle with three applied koi fish, a jade bottle with applied cinnabar decoration and a blue and white porcelain snuff bottle (4), height of tallest 7.5 cm ***
*** Canton enamel snuff bottle, Republic period, decorated with two panels depicting figures in Renaissance costumes on a yellow ground, Qianlong mark to base, height 6.3 cm ***
*** Canton enamel snuff bottle, Republic period, alternating panels with dogs and blue and white landscapes, surrounded by scrolling lotus vines on a turquoise ground, Qianlong mark to base, height 7 cm ***
*** Collection of Chinese interior painted glass snuff bottles, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) and later, comprising six bottles of various sizes and shapes, interior painted with figures and animals in landscapes and garden scenes (6), height 8.5 cm (tallest).… ***
*** Chinese carved ivory puzzle ball and stand, three elephants on pedestal stand support dragon motif puzzle ball, together with a carved ivory snuff bottle, and carved standing Buddha with raised arms and citron and peach branch to right hip (A/F)(3),… ***
*** Chinese snuff bottle, 20th century, interior painted on one side with two tigers, inscribed 'Tiger roar in mountain, painted in one bottle studio' and the signed 'Wang Pui Chuan', the reverse painted with two leopards, height 7 cm ***
*** Chinese carved mother-of-pearl snuff bottle, carved in high relief with Luo Han decoration, surmounted by a malachite stopper, height 7.5 cm ***
*** Large red Peking glass snuff bottle with jade stopper, decorated with aquatic scenes, mark to base. Height 26.5 cm ***
*** Chinese composite amber snuff bottle, with carved decoration of pagoda in mountainous landscape, surmounted by a jade stopper, height 7 cm ***
*** Three Chinese snuff bottles including a white jade snuff bottle with rose quartz stopper surmounted by a pearl, a 'Chicken bone' jade snuff bottle with red glass stopper and a jasper stone snuff bottle with amber stopper, (3), approx height 7 cm ***
*** Chinese interior painted glass snuff bottle, of ovoid flat form, painted with cranes by a river, agate stopper, 10 x 11 cm. Provenance: The collection of Dr. Henry Mackellar Michelmore, Sydney ***
*** Chinese cast metal bone mounted snuff bottle, c. 1920, modelled with semi precious stone mounts; and a selection of bone panel inserts and resting on a treen base. Height 14 cm ***