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18 juin 2011

An amethyst snuff bottle

An amethyst snuff bottle. Photo Bonhams Of compressed globular form, well hollowed with flat lip and small recessed oval foot, carved with a chilong confronting a bat in flight reversed by five bats amidst clouds, the purple suffused stone displaying...

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18 juin 2011

A carved coral snuff bottle.

A carved coral snuff bottle. Photo Bonhams The baluster body with a flat lip and recessed oval footrim, carved on one side with a deer and bat reversed by Shoulao holding a staff suspending a double gourd, mock lion mask and ring handles to each side,...

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Tags: Coral, snuff bottle

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18 juin 2011

A nephrite snuff bottle, 1780-1900

A nephrite snuff bottle, 1780-1900. Photo Bonhams The natural pebble well hollowed and of triangular shape, the tapered sides heightened by the russet brown skin setting off the honey-colored stone; 1 7/8in (4.8 cm) high. Estimate: US$1,500 - 2,000 Property...

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18 juin 2011

An inscribed agate snuff bottle. 18th Century Style

An inscribed agate snuff bottle. 18th Century Style. Photo Bonhams Well hollowed and carved in the shape of a ripe squash covered with leafy foliage and a grasshopper surrounding a short ode inscribed in clerical script comparing the olfactory and visual...

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7 juin 2011

An aquamarine 'cicada and gourd' snuff bottle, ('The Imperial Cicada and Gourd Aquamarine'). Probably imperial, 1760–1840

An aquamarine 'cicada and gourd' snuff bottle, ('The Imperial Cicada and Gourd Aquamarine'). Probably imperial, 1760–1840. Photo Bonhams Treasury 3, no. 409. Aquamarine; reasonably well hollowed, carved in the form of a gourd growing from a vine, with...

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Tags: imperial, aquamarine, snuff bottle, 'cicada and gourd', 1760–1840

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31 mai 2011

An inscribed ruby-red glass snuff bottle ('Extended Refinement'), Treasury 5, no. 751. Wanya xuan mark, 1700–1770

An inscribed ruby-red glass snuff bottle ('Extended Refinement'), Treasury 5, no. 751. Wanya xuan mark, 1700–1770. Photo Bonhams Transparent ruby-red glass with a few air bubbles of different sizes, some of oval form, and gold pigment; with a concave...

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Tags: snuff bottle, ruby-red glass, 'Extended Refinement', 1700–1770, Wanya xuan mark

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31 mai 2011

A yellow glass 'kui dragons' snuff bottle ('Imperial Show Stopper'). Treasury 5, no. 828. Imperial glassworks, Beijing 1736–1770

A yellow glass 'kui dragons' snuff bottle ('Imperial Show Stopper'). Treasury 5, no. 828. Imperial glassworks, Beijing, 1736–1770. Photo Bonhams bubbles; with a flat lip and recessed, slightly convex foot surrounded by a protruding, rounded footrim; carved...

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Tags: yellow glass, snuff bottle, Beijing, Imperial glassworks, 'Imperial Show Stopper', 1736–1770

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31 mai 2011

A sapphire-blue glass 'peaches' snuff bottle ('Imperial Peach'). Treasury 5, no. 839. Imperial glassworks, Beijing, 1730–1790

A sapphire-blue glass 'peaches' snuff bottle ('Imperial Peach'). Treasury 5, no. 839. Imperial glassworks, Beijing, 1730–1790. Photo Bonhams Transparent sapphire-blue glass with a few scattered small air bubbles, with a flat lip and flat foot; carved...

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Tags: snuff bottle, Beijing, Imperial glassworks, 'Imperial Peach', 1730–1790, sapphire-blue glass

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21 mai 2011

Bonhams Hong Kong 2011 Spring Auctions: 'Message in a Bottle'- Auction of World's Greatest Collection of Snuff Bottles

HONG KONG.- Following on from the extraordinary results of Part I and Part II, in which every snuff bottle from the celebrated Mary and George Bloch Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles has sold, with world records broken in eleven different categories,...

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Tags: Ivory, imperial, famille-rose, Qianlong incised four-character mark and of the period, snuff bottle, 1854-1910, Imperial Master

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7 décembre 2010

An inscribed limonite 'Guanyin' snuff bottle. Jiang Pu, dated 1760, probably a gift to the Qianlong emperor

An inscribed limonite 'Guanyin' snuff bottle. Jiang Pu, dated 1760, probably a gift to the Qianlong emperor, 6.53cm high. Sold for HK$540,000. photo Bonhams Treasury 3, no. 390. Jiang Pu's Gift to the Emperor Limonite; reasonably well hollowed; with an...

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Tags: Qianlong, Guanyin, 1760, snuff bottle, Jiang Pu, limonite

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