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Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles

Auction 20211
New York
20 Mar 2012, starting at 10:00 EDT.
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Auction highlights

An amber snuff bottle with carved basket weave pattern 1730-1840
Sold for US$ 64,900 inc. premium
An amber snuff bottle with carved basket weave pattern 1730-1840
A double gourd form carved rock crystal snuff bottle Imperial, Beijing Palace workshops, 18th century
Sold for US$ 45,000 inc. premium
A double gourd form carved rock crystal snuff bottle Imperial, Beijing Palace workshops, 1720-1800
An extremely rare slip decorated Yixing snuff bottle Qianlong mark, 1770-1795
Sold for US$ 32,500 inc. premium
An extremely rare slip decorated Yixing snuff bottle Qianlong mark, 1770-1795
An opaque glass snuff bottle with overglaze enamels Beijing, Imperial glassworks 1760-1780
Sold for US$ 31,250 inc. premium
An opaque enamelled glass snuff bottle Beijing, Imperial glassworks 1760-1780

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A burl wood snuff bottle 1800-1920
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A burl wood snuff bottle 1800-1920
Sold for US$ 2,250 inc. premium
A carved coral snuff bottle 1850-1920
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A carved coral snuff bottle 1850-1920
Sold for US$ 13,750 inc. premium
A molded porcelain snuff bottle with nine Buddhist lions Jiaqing mark and period
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A molded porcelain snuff bottle with nine Buddhist lions Jiaqing mark and period
Sold for US$ 7,500 inc. premium
A rare imperial glassworks yellow snuff bottle 1696-1750
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A rare imperial glasswork yellow snuff bottle 1696-1750
Sold for US$ 8,125 inc. premium
A yellow jade snuff bottle carved with five horses in a landscape Master of the Rocks School
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A yellow jade snuff bottle carved with five horses in a landscape Master of the Rocks School, 1740-1860
Sold for US$ 19,375 inc. premium
A rose glass snuff bottle with Lohan and dragon Beijing, probably Imperial glassworks 1750-1830
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A cranberry red glass snuff bottle with luohan and dragon Beijing, probably Imperial glassworks 1750-1830
Sold for US$ 15,000 inc. premium
A porcelain snuff bottle with overglaze enamels Qianlong mark, Republic period
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A porcelain snuff bottle with overglaze enamels Qianlong mark, Republic period
Sold for US$ 1,375 inc. premium
A double gourd form carved rock crystal snuff bottle Imperial, Beijing Palace workshops, 18th century
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A double gourd form carved rock crystal snuff bottle Imperial, Beijing Palace workshops, 1720-1800
Sold for US$ 45,000 inc. premium
A group of five incised soft paste porcelain snuff bottles Jingdezhen, 1800-1880
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A group of five incised soft paste porcelain snuff bottles Jingdezhen, 1800-1880
Sold for US$ 5,000 inc. premium
A white jade snuff bottle with "wrapped qin" design Qianlong mark, bottle 1720-1800
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A white jade snuff bottle with 'wrapped qin' design Qianlong mark, bottle 1720-1800
Sold for US$ 31,250 inc. premium
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