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Snuff Bottles from the Mary and George Bloch Collection: Part V

Auction 20309
Hong Kong
27 May 2012, starting at 10:00 CST.
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A 'famille-rose' enamel on copper with gold 'European ladies with children' snuff bottle Imperial, palace workshops, Beijing, Qianlong blue-enamelled four-character mark and of the period, 1736–1760
Sold for HK$ 4,820,000 inc. premium
A 'famille-rose' enamel on copper with gold 'European ladies with children' snuff bottle Imperial, palace workshops, Beijing, Qianlong blue-enamelled four-character ...
A 'famille-rose' enamel on copper with gold 'figures in mansion' snuff bottle Imperial, palace workshops, Beijing, Kangxi blue-enamelled four-character mark and of the period, 1705–1718
Sold for HK$ 3,620,000 inc. premium
A 'famille-rose' enamel on copper with gold 'figures in mansion' snuff bottle Imperial, palace workshops, Beijing, Kangxi blue-enamelled four-character mark ...
A 'famille-rose' enamel on copper with gold 'European subject snuff bottle Imperial, palace workshops, Beijing, Qianlong blue-enamelled four-character mark and of the period, 1736–1775
Sold for HK$ 3,020,000 inc. premium
A 'famille-rose' enamel on copper with gold 'European subject snuff bottle Imperial, palace workshops, Beijing, Qianlong blue-enamelled four-character mark and ...
A jadeite snuff bottle 1780–1880
Sold for HK$ 1,460,000 inc. premium
A jadeite snuff bottle 1780–1880

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An iron-red and underglaze-blue porcelain 'dragons' snuff bottle Imperial kilns, Jingdezhen, Daoguang iron-red four-character mark and of the period, 1821–1850
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An iron-red and underglaze-blue porcelain 'dragons' snuff bottle Imperial kilns, Jingdezhen, Daoguang iron-red four-character mark and of the period, 1821–1850
Sold for HK$ 187,500 inc. premium
An inscribed pale blue glass 'lotus-design' snuff bottle Probably Imperial, attributable to Beijing, Guangxu engraved four-character mark and of the period, 1874-1908
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An inscribed pale blue glass 'lotus-design' snuff bottle Probably Imperial, attributable to Beijing, Guangxu engraved four-character mark and of the period, 1874-1908
Sold for HK$ 275,000 inc. premium
A brown glass snuff bottle 1740-1860
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103
A brown glass snuff bottle 1740-1860
Sold for HK$ 18,750 inc. premium
A crystal 'eight-reale' coin snuff bottle 1781–1830
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A crystal 'eight-reale' coin snuff bottle 1781–1830
Sold for HK$ 62,500 inc. premium
An inside-painted glass 'fish' snuff bottle Zhu Zhanyuan, Gu Zheng (Henan province), dated 1896
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An inside-painted glass 'fish' snuff bottle Zhu Zhanyuan, Gu Zheng (Henan province), dated 1896
Sold for HK$ 56,250 inc. premium
A ruby-red glass overlay 'fortune and longevity' snuff bottle 1710-1760
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A ruby-red glass overlay 'fortune and longevity' snuff bottle 1710-1760
Sold for HK$ 118,750 inc. premium
A yellow glass snuff bottle Imperial glassworks, Beijing, Qianlong incised four-character seal mark and of the period, 1736-1770
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A yellow glass snuff bottle Imperial glassworks, Beijing, Qianlong incised four-character seal mark and of the period, 1736-1770
Sold for HK$ 500,000 inc. premium
A 'famille-rose' enamel on porcelain 'figures' snuff bottle Jingdezhen, 1830–1880
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A 'famille-rose' enamel on porcelain 'figures' snuff bottle Jingdezhen, 1830–1880
Sold for HK$ 30,000 inc. premium
An amber 'boys in garden' snuff bottle 1750–1860
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An amber 'boys in garden' snuff bottle 1750–1860
Sold for HK$ 100,000 inc. premium
An emerald-green and sapphire-blue glass overlay snuff bottle 1730-1780
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An emerald-green and sapphire-blue glass overlay snuff bottle 1730-1780
Sold for HK$ 75,000 inc. premium
A nephrite pebble-material snuff bottle with inscriptions Xiangzhou zhai seal mark, 1750–1880
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A nephrite pebble-material snuff bottle with inscriptions Xiangzhou zhai seal mark, 1750–1880
Sold for HK$ 112,500 inc. premium
A transparent pale sapphire-blue bamboo sided snuff bottle Attributable to the Imperial glassworks, Beijing, 1720-1780
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A transparent pale sapphire-blue bamboo sided snuff bottle Attributable to the Imperial glassworks, Beijing, 1720-1780
Sold for HK$ 31,250 inc. premium
An inside-painted glass 'landscape' snuff bottle Sun Xingwu, Beijing, dated 1895
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An inside-painted glass 'landscape' snuff bottle Sun Xingwu, Beijing, dated 1895
Sold for HK$ 60,000 inc. premium
A ruby-red glass overlay 'Liu Hai' snuff bottle Yangzhou, 1830-1890
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A ruby-red glass overlay 'Liu Hai' snuff bottle Yangzhou, 1830-1890
Sold for HK$ 106,250 inc. premium
An inscribed stoneware 'gourds' snuff bottle Imperial, Daoguang moulded four-character mark and of the period, 1821–1850
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An inscribed stoneware 'gourds' snuff bottle Imperial, Daoguang moulded four-character mark and of the period, 1821–1850
Sold for HK$ 43,750 inc. premium
An emerald-green glass overlay 'auspicious objects' snuff bottle 1770-1810
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An emerald-green glass overlay 'auspicious objects' snuff bottle 1770-1810
Sold for HK$ 150,000 inc. premium
A 'famille-rose' enamel on porcelain 'Liu Hai' snuff bottle Jingdezhen, 1790–1830
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A 'famille-rose' enamel on porcelain 'Liu Hai' snuff bottle Jingdezhen, 1790–1830
Sold for HK$ 75,000 inc. premium
An inside-painted glass 'katydid' snuff bottle Zhou Leyuan, The Studio of Lotus-root Fragrance, Xuannan, Beijing, dated mid spring, 1887
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An inside-painted glass 'katydid' snuff bottle Zhou Leyuan, The Studio of Lotus-root Fragrance, Xuannan, Beijing, dated mid spring, 1887
Sold for HK$ 56,250 inc. premium
An inscribed white nephrite snuff bottle Possibly Imperial, 1726–1830
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119
An inscribed white nephrite snuff bottle Possibly Imperial, 1726–1830
Sold for HK$ 237,500 inc. premium
A multi-colour glass overlay 'chi dragon' snuff bottle Attributable to the Imperial glassworks, Beijing, 1760-1820
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A multi-colour glass overlay 'chi dragon' snuff bottle Attributable to the Imperial glassworks, Beijing, 1760-1820
Sold for HK$ 150,000 inc. premium
An inscribed nephrite pebble-material 'dragon and phoenix' snuff bottle Possibly Imperial, perhaps palace workshops, Beijing, 1740–1820
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An inscribed nephrite pebble-material 'dragon and phoenix' snuff bottle Possibly Imperial, perhaps palace workshops, Beijing, 1740–1820
Sold for HK$ 524,000 inc. premium
An inscribed ruby-red glass overlay 'chicken' snuff bottle Yangzhou, dated 1881
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122
An inscribed ruby-red glass overlay 'chicken' snuff bottle Yangzhou, dated 1881
Sold for HK$ 106,250 inc. premium
A coconut snuff bottle 1800–1900
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A coconut snuff bottle 1800–1900
Sold for HK$ 31,250 inc. premium
An inside-painted glass 'Tan Xinpei in the role of Qin Qiong' snuff bottle Meng Zishou, Beijing, probably 1905 or 1906
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An inside-painted glass 'Tan Xinpei in the role of Qin Qiong' snuff bottle Meng Zishou, Beijing, probably 1905 or 1906
Sold for HK$ 50,000 inc. premium
A white and russet nephrite 'gourd vines' snuff bottle Master of the Rocks school, 1740–1850
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A white and russet nephrite 'gourd vines' snuff bottle Master of the Rocks school, 1740–1850
Sold for HK$ 212,500 inc. premium
A 'famille-rose' enamel on copper with gold 'European figures' snuff bottle Imperial, Guangzhou, Qianlong black-enamelled four-character mark and of the period, 1736–1770
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A 'famille-rose' enamel on copper with gold 'European figures' snuff bottle Imperial, Guangzhou, Qianlong black-enamelled four-character mark and of the period, 1736–1770
Sold for HK$ 860,000 inc. premium
An inscribed blue and white porcelain 'dragons' snuff bottle Probably Imperial, Jingdezhen, Jiaozi shengtian mark, 1840–1900
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An inscribed blue and white porcelain 'dragons' snuff bottle Probably Imperial, Jingdezhen, Jiaozi shengtian mark, 1840–1900
Sold for HK$ 22,500 inc. premium
A blue glass snuff bottle 1740-1820
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128
A blue glass snuff bottle 1740-1820
Sold for HK$ 52,500 inc. premium
A 'famille-rose' enamel on porcelain 'bats-and-flowers' snuff bottle Imperial kilns, Jingdezhen, Qianlong iron-red four-character seal mark and of the period, 1750–1780
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A 'famille-rose' enamel on porcelain 'bats-and-flowers' snuff bottle Imperial kilns, Jingdezhen, Qianlong iron-red four-character seal mark and of the period, 1750–1780
Sold for HK$ 131,250 inc. premium
A bamboo snuff bottle 1830–1920
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A bamboo snuff bottle 1830–1920
Sold for HK$ 20,000 inc. premium
A nephrite 'eight trigrams' snuff bottle Xingyouheng tang mark, 1800–1854
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A nephrite 'eight trigrams' snuff bottle Xingyouheng tang mark, 1800–1854
Sold for HK$ 200,000 inc. premium
A crackled-glaze porcelain 'lion' snuff bottle Probably Imperial, Jingdezhen, 1796–1820
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A crackled-glaze porcelain 'lion' snuff bottle Probably Imperial, Jingdezhen, 1796–1820
Sold for HK$ 25,000 inc. premium
An octagonal yellow glass snuff bottle Attributable to the Imperial glassworks, Beijing, 1700-1760
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An octagonal yellow glass snuff bottle Attributable to the Imperial glassworks, Beijing, 1700-1760
Sold for HK$ 112,500 inc. premium
A 'famille-rose' enamel on porcelain 'moths' snuff bottle Jingdezhen, 1790–1840
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A 'famille-rose' enamel on porcelain 'moths' snuff bottle Jingdezhen, 1790–1840
Sold for HK$ 75,000 inc. premium
A white nephrite 'meiping' snuff bottle Probably Imperial, attributable to the palace workshops, Beijing, 1736–1800
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A white nephrite 'meiping' snuff bottle Probably Imperial, attributable to the palace workshops, Beijing, 1736–1800
Sold for HK$ 100,000 inc. premium
An agate 'parrot' snuff bottle Official School, 1730–1850
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An agate 'parrot' snuff bottle Official School, 1730–1850
Sold for HK$ 225,000 inc. premium
An inscribed yellow glass snuff bottle Imperial glassworks, Beijing, Qianlong incised four-character mark and of the period, 1760-1799
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An inscribed yellow glass snuff bottle Imperial glassworks, Beijing, Qianlong incised four-character mark and of the period, 1760-1799
Sold for HK$ 524,000 inc. premium
An inscribed hornbill 'Ma Gu' snuff bottle Wang Baishi, 1830–1850
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An inscribed hornbill 'Ma Gu' snuff bottle Wang Baishi, 1830–1850
Sold for HK$ 1,340,000 inc. premium
A 'famille-rose' enamel on porcelain 'cicada' snuff bottle Jingdezhen, 1790–1850
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A 'famille-rose' enamel on porcelain 'cicada' snuff bottle Jingdezhen, 1790–1850
Sold for HK$ 43,750 inc. premium
A ruby-red and sapphire-blue glass overlay 'chi dragons' snuff bottle Attributable to the Imperial glassworks, Beijing, 1740-1820
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A ruby-red and sapphire-blue glass overlay 'chi dragons' snuff bottle Attributable to the Imperial glassworks, Beijing, 1740-1820
Sold for HK$ 100,000 inc. premium
A yellow glass 'elephant' snuff bottle Attributable to the Imperial glassworks, Beijing, 1760-1830
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141
A yellow glass 'elephant' snuff bottle Attributable to the Imperial glassworks, Beijing, 1760-1830
Sold for HK$ 112,500 inc. premium
A blue and white porcelain 'Buddhist emblems' snuff bottle Jingdezhen, Jingchun yuan zhi mark, 1821–1850
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A blue and white porcelain 'Buddhist emblems' snuff bottle Jingdezhen, Jingchun yuan zhi mark, 1821–1850
Sold for HK$ 50,000 inc. premium
A gourd 'garden scene' snuff bottle Imperial, palace workshops, Beijing, 1780–1850
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143
A gourd 'garden scene' snuff bottle Imperial, palace workshops, Beijing, 1780–1850
Sold for HK$ 125,000 inc. premium
A carved porcelain 'landscape' snuff bottle Wang Jiemei, Jingdezhen, 1860–1923
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A carved porcelain 'landscape' snuff bottle Wang Jiemei, Jingdezhen, 1860–1923
Sold for HK$ 118,750 inc. premium
An inscribed pale-yellow porcelain 'Hugong' snuff bottle Jinyu[?], Jingdezhen, 1830–1880
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An inscribed pale-yellow porcelain 'Hugong' snuff bottle Jinyu[?], Jingdezhen, 1830–1880
Sold for HK$ 300,000 inc. premium
An Yixing stoneware 'aubergine' snuff bottle Yixing, 1780–1900
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An Yixing stoneware 'aubergine' snuff bottle Yixing, 1780–1900
Sold for HK$ 56,250 inc. premium
A burlwood snuff bottle 1780–1900
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A burlwood snuff bottle 1780–1900
Sold for HK$ 18,750 inc. premium
A 'famille-rose' enamel on copper with gold 'European subject snuff bottle Imperial, palace workshops, Beijing, Qianlong blue-enamelled four-character mark and of the period, 1736–1775
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A 'famille-rose' enamel on copper with gold 'European subject snuff bottle Imperial, palace workshops, Beijing, Qianlong blue-enamelled four-character mark and of the period, 1736–1775
Sold for HK$ 3,020,000 inc. premium
A bamboo snuff bottle Tongzhi mark and of the period, 1862–1873
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A bamboo snuff bottle Tongzhi mark and of the period, 1862–1873
Sold for HK$ 106,250 inc. premium
An inside-painted crystal 'Lanting Preface' snuff bottle Ding Erzhong, Xuannan, Beijing, 1898–1900
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An inside-painted crystal 'Lanting Preface' snuff bottle Ding Erzhong, Xuannan, Beijing, 1898–1900
Sold for HK$ 560,000 inc. premium
A 'famille-rose' enamel on porcelain 'fictional figures' snuff bottle Maochun, Jingdezhen, Maochun yazhi mark, 1796–1830
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A 'famille-rose' enamel on porcelain 'fictional figures' snuff bottle Maochun, Jingdezhen, Maochun yazhi mark, 1796–1830
Sold for HK$ 60,000 inc. premium
A jadeite snuff bottle 1780–1880
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A jadeite snuff bottle 1780–1880
Sold for HK$ 1,460,000 inc. premium
A white nephrite 'longevity' snuff bottle 1730–1860
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A white nephrite 'longevity' snuff bottle 1730–1860
Sold for HK$ 175,000 inc. premium
A Shagreen snuff bottle 1723–1820
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A Shagreen snuff bottle 1723–1820
Sold for HK$ 250,000 inc. premium
An iron-red enamel on porcelain 'Zhong Kui' snuff bottle Jingdezhen, 1830–1860
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An iron-red enamel on porcelain 'Zhong Kui' snuff bottle Jingdezhen, 1830–1860
Sold for HK$ 50,000 inc. premium
An amber 'yin-yang' snuff bottle 1720–1840
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An amber 'yin-yang' snuff bottle 1720–1840
Sold for HK$ 50,000 inc. premium
An inside-painted crystal 'portrait of Dashou' snuff bottle Ye Zhongsan, the Apricot Grove Studio, Chongwen district, Beijing, dated 1908 (the bottle: 1760–1908)
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An inside-painted crystal 'portrait of Dashou' snuff bottle Ye Zhongsan, the Apricot Grove Studio, Chongwen district, Beijing, dated 1908 (the bottle: 1760–1908)
Sold for HK$ 1,160,000 inc. premium
A bronze 'pocketwatch' snuff bottle Palace workshops, Qianlong silver-inlaid four-character mark and of the period, 1750–1799
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A bronze 'pocketwatch' snuff bottle Palace workshops, Qianlong silver-inlaid four-character mark and of the period, 1750–1799
Sold for HK$ 250,000 inc. premium
A crackled-glaze porcelain snuff bottle Possibly Imperial, Jingdezhen, 1770–1800
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A crackled-glaze porcelain snuff bottle Possibly Imperial, Jingdezhen, 1770–1800
Sold for HK$ 25,000 inc. premium
A coconut-shell and ivory 'figures in landscape' snuff bottle 1770–1880
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A coconut-shell and ivory 'figures in landscape' snuff bottle 1770–1880
Sold for HK$ 50,000 inc. premium
An inside-painted crystal 'portrait of Zhang Cengju' snuff bottle Ma Shaoxuan, Ox Street district, Beijing, 1920–1932 (the bottle: 1760–1932)
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An inside-painted crystal 'portrait of Zhang Cengju' snuff bottle Ma Shaoxuan, Ox Street district, Beijing, 1920–1932 (the bottle: 1760–1932)
Sold for HK$ 1,040,000 inc. premium
A lacquer 'Buddha's hand' snuff bottle Possibly Imperial, 1750–1800
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A lacquer 'Buddha's hand' snuff bottle Possibly Imperial, 1750–1800
Sold for HK$ 87,500 inc. premium
A jasper snuff bottle Possibly Imperial, possibly palace workshops, 1760–1840
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A jasper snuff bottle Possibly Imperial, possibly palace workshops, 1760–1840
Sold for HK$ 112,500 inc. premium
A feathers-on-silver snuff bottle Guangchang and Luen Wo, Shanghai, 1870–1912
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A feathers-on-silver snuff bottle Guangchang and Luen Wo, Shanghai, 1870–1912
Sold for HK$ 150,000 inc. premium
A nephrite cicada-form snuff bottle Possibly Imperial, perhaps palace workshops, Beijing, 1750–1840
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A nephrite cicada-form snuff bottle Possibly Imperial, perhaps palace workshops, Beijing, 1750–1840
Sold for HK$ 400,000 inc. premium
An inside-painted glass 'horse and landscape' snuff bottle Gui Xianggu, Beijing, dated 1898
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An inside-painted glass 'horse and landscape' snuff bottle Gui Xianggu, Beijing, dated 1898
Sold for HK$ 13,750 inc. premium
A 'famille-rose' enamel on copper with gold 'figures in mansion' snuff bottle Imperial, palace workshops, Beijing, Kangxi blue-enamelled four-character mark and of the period, 1705–1718
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A 'famille-rose' enamel on copper with gold 'figures in mansion' snuff bottle Imperial, palace workshops, Beijing, Kangxi blue-enamelled four-character mark and of the period, 1705–1718
Sold for HK$ 3,620,000 inc. premium
An inside-painted glass 'portrait of Ye Xiaofeng' snuff bottle Liu Shouben, Beijing, dated 1992
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An inside-painted glass 'portrait of Ye Xiaofeng' snuff bottle Liu Shouben, Beijing, dated 1992
Sold for HK$ 47,500 inc. premium
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A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary & George Bloch Collection, Volumes 1-7 Moss, Hugh & Graham, Victor & Tsang, Ka Bo limited and ...
Sold for HK$ 18,750 inc. premium
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