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Auction House:
Bonhams
Number of lots recorded:96
Lots with images:96
Prices available:96
Category:
Snuff Bottles
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** A red glass overlay 'Bird and flower' snuff bottle, late Qing dynasty to Republic period, 7 cm high ***
*** A Chinese flattened-shaped famille-rose 'festival celebration' snuff bottle, 19th century, Qianlong four-character mark, 5.8 cm high. Provenance: Victoria private collection, acquired in Sotheby's Melbourne in March 1990 ***
*** Two Chinese painted glass snuff bottles, Guyue Xuan mark, 6 cm and 7 cm high (2). Provenance: Singapore private collection ***
*** A burl-wood and a mother-of-pearl snuff bottle, the burl-wood bottle flanked with beast masks, the stopper carved with a Buddhist lion, the mother-of-pearl bottle carved with a water-pouring dragon on one side and pine trees on the other, 8 cm high, 6 cm… ***
*** A black-lacquer 'chess players' snuff bottle with gold and silver inlays, and an associated pouch, 19th century, 6 cm high (2). Provenance: Ex Paul Braga collection. NSW private collection ***
*** A Chinese carved 'gourd' flat snuff bottle, 6.8 cm high. Provenance: Singapore private collection. Note: The sides of the bottle are flat with polished edges. The artist has shown superlative skill in hollowing out the bottle rendered very difficult by… ***
*** A Chinese cameo chalcedony 'Jujube and peanut' snuff bottle, Qing dynasty, 5.7 cm high, Compare a similar example, see Lot 64, the Paul Braga collection of snuff bottles, Bonhams Hong Kong 24 November 2012, sale 20524 ***
*** A Chinese tortoise shell snuff bottle, Guangxu four-character incised mark, 5 cm high ***
*** A Mughal style possibly amber snuff bottle with hardstone inlays, Late 19th century 7.8 cm. Provenance: Purchased at Penang in the late 1980s and early 1990s ***
*** A Chinese inside-painted revolutionary-theme glass snuff bottle, Sun Jijie, dated 1968 6.8 cm. Provenance: Michael J. Kaynes Michael J. Kaynes ***
*** A Chinese painted-enamel snuff bottle, Qianlong four-character mark, 6 cm high. Provenance: NSW Private Collection ***
*** Two Chinese painted-enamel 'Floral' snuff bottles, Qianlong four-character mark, 5.2 cm and 5.5 cm high (2). Provenance: Singapore private collection ***
*** Four Chinese carved agate snuff bottles, varying heights from 5.5 cm to 6.5 cm high (4). Provenance: Singapore private collection ***
*** A Chinese carved white jade 'Sage' snuff bottle, late Qing dynasty, 7.3 cm high. Provenance: Lot 0787, Mossgreen Auctions, Melbourne Australia, 2 Jun 2008 ***
*** Two Chinese painted glass snuff bottles, 5.6 cm and 5.7 cm high (2). Provenance: Singapore private collection ***
*** Jiang Wenchun (1937 - ), Winter in the Imperial Palace, 2001, 5.8 cm high ***
*** Two Chinese inside-painted glass snuff bottles, Suo Zhenhai (1944-2006), Dated 1980 8.5 cm, 6.7 cm (2). Provenance: Purchased at Peking Art School, and. Y.F. Yang & Company (Hong Kong) in the late 1980s and early 1990s 1944-2006 '; Peking Art School;. Y.F… ***
*** Four Chinese painted glass and glass overlay snuff bottles, Guyue Xuan and Qianlong mark, varying heights from 5.2 cm to 6.7 cm (4). Provenance: Singapore private collection ***
*** A Chinese multi-colour glass overlay snuff bottle, Yangzhou school, 19th century, 6.7 cm high. Provenance: Singapore private collection ***
*** Four Chinese cloisonne snuff bottles, 7.2 cm, 7 cm, 7.5 cm, 7.5 cm (4). Provenance: Purchased at Peter's Arts and Oriental Arts in the late 1980s and early 1990s Peter's Arts Oriental Arts ***
*** Two Chinese inside painted 'Zhong Kui' glass snuff bottles, Wang Xiaoqian, dated 1989 7.8 cm, 7.8 cm (2). Provenance: Purchased at. Y.F. Yang & Company in the late 1980s and early 1990s in Hong Kong In both bottles, Wang Xiaoqian honoured his mentor Wang… ***
*** A Chinese inside-painted 'riding warriors' snuff bottle, Ye Zhongsan, or the Ye family, cyclically dated dingse year (AD 1917), 6.2 cm high. Provenance: Victoria private collection, acquired from Sotheby's in Melbourne in July 1989 ***
*** Two Chinese carved ivory snuff bottles, late Qing dynasty to mid 20th century, 7.5 cm high, 7.8 cm high (2). Provenance: The 'Lady' bottle acquired from Raymond & Victoria Tregaskis Oriental Ceramics & works of Art on 20 March 1995 (receipt), and the… ***
*** A Chinese inside-painted glass 'cats' snuff bottle, Suo Zhenhai (1944-2006), dated 1982 7.3 cm. Provenance: Purchased at. Y.F. Yang & Company in the late 1980s and early 1990s in Hong Kong 1944-2006 '. Y.F. Yang & Company ***
*** A Chinese carved white jade 'friend visiting' snuff bottle, 6.2 cm high. Provenance: Singapore private collection ***
*** Three Chinese painted opaque yellow glass snuff bottles, Guyue Xuan mark, 4.5 cm and 5.5 cm high (3). Provenance: Singapore private collection ***
*** A Chinese incised olive-brown glass overlay 'bogu' snuff bottle, Yang Zhou, 19th century, 7.3 cm. Provenance: Purchased in the late 1980s and early 1990s in Hong Kong, Lumsden family collection ***
*** A Chinese amber snuff bottle, 18th century, the rich brown translucent ovoid bottle carved with mock mask handles to the rounded shoulders and fitted with a pink quartz-topped stopper, 4.5 cm high ***
*** A Chinese carved white jade 'boating' snuff bottle, 4.5 cm high. Provenance: Singapore private collection ***
*** Two Chinese painted glass snuff bottles, Qianlong four-character mark, 5 cm and 5.5 cm high (2). Provenance: Singapore private collection ***
*** A Chinese carved tortoiseshell snuff bottle with movable 'Butterflies', late Qing to Republic period dynasty, 6.2 cm high ***
*** Two Chinese painted opaque yellow glass snuff bottles, Qianlong four-character mark, 5.7 cm high (2). Provenance: Singapore private collection ***
*** A Chinese ivory snuff bottle, late Qing or Republic, profusely carved around the body with figures engaging in festive celebration amongst a garden pavilions, between two carved borders of ruyi heads and palmette leaves. 11.7 cm high ***
*** A carved Chinese green jadeite snuff bottle, Late Qing or Republic period the stone of varying green shades, carved with a carp leaping from under two lotus leaves, its head turned into that of a dragon, 7.8 cm high. Provenance: private collection… ***
*** A deep-ruby-red glass snuff bottle, wheel-cut four-character Qianlong mark, mid-to-late Qing dynasty the bottle of slender form, multi-lobed, imitating a melon, the stopper of a leaf-shaped jadeite fitted to metalwork, 7.5 cm high. Provenance: Private… ***
*** A carved jade snuff bottle, 20th century, carved from a pale green stone, recto in low relief of a horse looking back at a flying bat, with a deep green hard-stone stopper. 6.8 cm high ***
*** Two Chinese carved jade and hardstone snuff bottles, 6.3 cm high, 8.5 cm high (2). ***
*** Two Chinese painted yellow glass snuff bottles, Qianlong four-character mark, 5.4 cm and 6.3 cm high (2). Provenance: Singapore private collection ***
*** A Chinese inside-painted revolutionary-theme glass snuff bottle, Signed Guangzhong, Zhang Guangzhong (b. 1945) dated 1968 6.6 cm. Provenance: Michael J. Kaynes ***
*** A Chinese agate snuff bottle, Late Qing Dynasty to Republic period 8 cm. Provenance: Purchased at. Y.F. Yang & Company in the late 1980s and early 1990s in Hong Kong. Y.F. Yang & Company ***
*** A Chinese inside painted 'the Silk Road' glass snuff bottle, Wen Xiangjun, dated 1991 9.5 cm. Provenance: Purchased at. Y.F. Yang & Company in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Y.F. Yang & Company ***
*** A Chinese inside-painted 'landscape' agate snuff bottle, unsigned, with three seals of the artist, 7 cm high. Provenance: Singapore private collection ***
*** A Chinese cloisonne snuff bottle, Late Qing dynasty, 7.00 cm. Provenance: Ex Paul Braga collection. NSW private collection ***
*** A Chinese ruby-red glass 'mallow flower' snuff bottle, 5.5 cm high. Provenance: Singapore private collection. The mallow flower is associated with the successful scholar and was thus a popular motif during the Qing dynasty. This bottle forms part of a… ***
*** Four Chinese carved glass snuff bottles, varying height from 3.8 cm to 4.6 cm (4). Provenance: Singapore private collection ***
*** Three Chinese inside painted glass snuff bottles, Quanxi, Xiushuang, and Wang Xiaoqian, dated 1990 9 cm, 9.5 cm, 8.8 cm (3). Provenance: Purchased in the late 1980s and early 1990s ***
*** A jade 'woven basket' snuff bottle, the stone with brown inclusions, fitted with a red-glass stopper, 7.3 cm high. Provenance: private collection Victoria '' ***
*** A carved rock crystal 'god of prosperity' snuff bottle, the god, or the lu star, finely carved with amicable expression, wearing flowing gown, his one hand holding a sceptre, the other the belt, the stopper in the form of a hat, 7.7 cm high. Provenance:… ***
*** Two Chinese red glass overlay snuff bottles, 7.2 cm high, 5 cm high (2) ***
*** A Chinese inside-painted glass 'harvest' snuff bottle, signed Sun Jizhe, possibly Sun Jijie (1945 - 2014), dated 1972 6.8 cm. Provenance: Purchased at. Y.F. Yang & Company Hong Kong in the late 1980s and early 1990s in Australia 1945 - 2014. Y.F. Yang &… ***
*** Three Chinese inside painted glass snuff bottles, 1980s 8 cm, 7.3 cm, 7.2 cm (3). Provenance: Purchased at David Arts in the late 1980s and early 1990s ***
*** An inside painted glass snuff bottle and a rock crystal snuff bottle, Late Qing dynasty the inside painted snuff bottle attributed to Sun Xingwu (active 1894-1900), and dated winter of xinchou year (1901), 7.1 cm high, 6 cm high (2). ***
*** A Chinese miniature painted enamel snuff bottle, Qianlong four-character mark, 3.8 cm high. Provenance: Singapore private collection ***
*** A Chinese inside-painted snuff bottle for The First International Snuff Bottle Society snuff bottle, Liu Shouben, 1979, 6.2 cm high. Provenance: Victoria private collection, acquired directly from the artist ***
*** Two Chinese painted glass snuff bottles, Qianlong four-character mark, 4.2 cm and 4.5 cm high (2). Provenance: Singapore private collection ***
*** A Chinese carved rock crystal snuff bottle, 6.2 cm high. Provenance: Singapore private collection ***
*** A Chinese carved rock crystal snuff bottle, 6.2 cm high. Provenance: Singapore private collection ***
*** Three Chinese miniature glass snuff bottles, 4 cm, 5.2 cm, 3.2 cm high (3). Provenance: Singapore private collection ***
*** Two Chinese inside-painted glass snuff bottles, Suo Zhenhai (1944-2006) and Yiding (b. 1974), dated 1978 and 1979 7.8 cm, 7.8 cm (2). Provenance: Purchased at. Y.F Yang & Company in the late 1980s and early 1990s in Hong Kong Similar inside painted snuff… ***
*** An amber glass 'Peach' snuff bottle, late Qing or Republic, in the form of a peach, carved around its top leaves, the agate stopper in the form of an stem end, with tripod stand. 6 cm high ***
*** Three Chinese monochrome glass snuff bottles, 5.8 cm, 6.2 cm, 6.8 cm high (3). Provenance: Singapore private collection. The rare shape of the blue bottle is a model of the cricket cages much in use during the second half of the Qing dynasty to house the… ***
*** A Chinese carved agate 'ford' snuff bottle, 7.5 cm high, 105g ***
*** A Chinese inside-painted 'bird and flower' snuff bottle, Attributed to Ding Erzhong, and signed 'erzhong' painted both sides with birds and flowers and signed 'erzhong', the top of hard stone fitted with metal, 8 cm high ***
*** A Chinese carved jade 'Marriage' snuff bottle with coral and turquoise inlays, late Qing dynasty, 7 cm high. Provenance: Lot 0789, Mossgreen Auctions, Melbourne Australia, 2 Jun 2008 ***
*** Two Chinese carved cinnabar lacquer snuff bottles, 20th century, 4.5 cm high, 4.7 cm high (2) ***
*** A Chinese inside-painted 'crow and melon' snuff bottle, Suo Zhenhai (1944-2006) and Yiding (b. 1974), dated 1982 7.3 cm. Provenance: Purchased at Arts of China in the late 1980s and early 1990s ***
*** Three Chinese carved glass snuff bottles, 5.8 cm and 6.5 cm high (3). Provenance: Singapore private collection. Note: Pictured in the centre is a typical motif from the imeprial glass workshop mostly popular during the Qianlong period. . Compare a green… ***
*** A Chinese painted-enamel 'bird and flower' snuff bottle, Qianlong four-character mark, 7 cm high. Provenance: Singapore private collection ***
*** A Chinese red glass overlay ' shou ' snuff bottle, 5 cm high ***
*** A Chinese inside painted 'scout' snuff bottle, Zhang Guangzhong (1945 - ), dated 1968, 6.40 cm. Provenance: Ex Paul Braga collection. NSW private collection ***
*** Three Chinese inside-painted glass snuff bottles, Ding Guilin, Cha Yuging, Yao Guixin, 1970s 8 cm, 7.5 cm, 8 cm (3). Provenance: Purchased at Pecking Arts & Crafts in the late 1980s and early 1990s Pecking Arts & Crafts ***
*** Two Chinese carved rock crystal snuff bottles, 19th century to Republic period, 6.3 cm and 7.5 cm high (2). Provenance: Singapore private collection ***
*** Three Chinese miniature glass snuff bottles, 3 cm, 3.7 cm, and 4.2 cm high (3). Provenance: Singapore private collection ***
*** Three Chinese miniature glass snuff bottles, 3.6 cm, 3.7 cm, 3.8 cm high (3). Provenance: Singapore private collection ***
*** Three Chinese miniature glass snuff bottles, 3.2 cm, 3.5 cm, and 3.7 cm high (3). Provenance: Singapore private collection ***
*** A bamboo and bamboo veneer 'kui-dragon' snuff bottle, 6 cm high. Provenance: Singapore private collection. Bamboo veneer (tiehuang) literally 'pasted yellow', sometimes also known as zhuhuang ('bamboo yellow') is made by stripping and flattening the thin… ***
*** A Chinese lacquer-red overlay glass snuff bottle, 5.5 cm high. Provenance: Singapore private collection ***
*** A Chinese inside-painted revolutionary-theme glass snuff bottle, Jinquan, Mid 20th century 8 cm. Provenance: Purchased at Kaynes in the late 1980s and early 1990s ' ' Kaynes ***
*** Three Chinese carved glass snuff bottles, 6 cm, 6.2 cm and 6.4 cm high (3). Provenance: Singapore private collection ***
*** Two Chinese carved agate snuff bottle, Late Qing Dynasty 7.6 cm, 8 cm (2). Provenance: Purchased at. Y.F. Yang & Company in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Y.F. Yang & Company ***
*** A Chinese soft-paste crackle-glaze blue-and-white snuff bottle, Yongzheng six-character mark, 7.3 cm high. Provenance: Victoria private collection ***
*** A Chinese inside-painted glass 'hundred boys' snuff bottle, Zheng Xuye, 1978 8.5 cm. Provenance: Purchased at Pecking Arts & Crafts in the late 1980s and early 1990s Another bottle painted by Zheng in 1997 with a similar theme of 'a hundred butterfly' was… ***
*** Two Chinese inside-painted glass snuff bottles, Yiding b. 1974 and Cao Huimin, dated 1974 and 1982 8 cm, 8.5 cm (2). Provenance: Purchased at David Arts and Yang in the late 1980s and early 1990s ***
*** Two Chinese agate snuff bottle, Late Qing Dynasty 7.4 cm, 8.5 cm (2). Provenance: Purchased at. Y.F. Yang & Company in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Y.F. Yang & Company ***
*** A Chinese inside painted 'Journey to the West' glass snuff bottles, Yun Chuan, dated 1992 8.6 cm. Provenance: Purchased at. Y.F. Yang & Company in the late 1980s and early 1990s in Hong Kong ***
*** A Chinese engraved snuff bottle 19th/ 20th century of flat and angular shape, the front carved with mountainous landscape image of a fisherman fishing in a river, with inscription, the back caved with a scholar and his servant in low relief, signed by the… ***
*** A celadon jade snuff bottle and a spinach jade snuff bottle, Late Qing dynasty and Republic period 5.2 cm high, 70g; 5 cm high, 51g (2). ***
*** A Chinese painted ceramic 'pig' snuff bottle, Qianlong four-character mark, 5.2 cm long. Provenance: Singapore private collection ***
*** A Chinese carved white jade snuff bottle, 5.9 cm high. Provenance: Victoria private collection, acquired from Leonard Joel's Auction in June 1978. ***
*** Two Chinese painted-enamel 'European figures' snuff bottles, Qianlong four-character mark, 5.5 cm high (2). Provenance: Singapore private collection ***
*** Two Chinese carved rock crystal snuff bottles, 5.4 cm and 5.6 cm high (2). Provenance: Singapore private collection. Note: Bottles with faceted panels were made in majority of glass, and less frequently in jade and hard stone. The shape, popular during… ***
*** A Chinese carved silhouette agate snuff bottle, 5.1 cm high. Provenance: Singapore private collection ***
*** Three Chinese carved rock crystal snuff bottles, 6 cm and 6.4 cm high (3). Provenance: Singapore private collection ***
*** Three Chinese white and iridescent glass snuff bottles, 5 cm, 5.3 cm, 7 cm high (3). Provenance: Singapore private collection ***
*** A Chinese 'sandwich' glass snuff bottle with white and apple-green splashes, 19th century, 5.00 cm high. Provenance: Ex Paul Braga collection. NSW private collection Paul Braga ***
*** Three Chinese inside painted glass snuff bottles, Liu Tieqin, Song Ziying, 1980s 7.4 cm, 9 cm, 7.4 cm (3). Provenance: Purchased at David Arts in the late 1980s and early 1990s ' David Arts ***