The Paul Braga Collection of Snuff Bottles

Auction 20524

24 Nov 2012, starting at 10:00 CST.

Sessions

The Paul Braga Collection of Snuff Bottles, starting with lot 1.

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Auction highlights

A 'famille-rose' enamel on porcelain 'lotus and chrysanthemum' snuff bottle Imperial kilns, Jingdezhen, Qianlong iron-red four-character seal mark and of the period

Sold for HK$ 3,620,000 inc. premium

A 'famille-rose' enamel on porcelain 'lotus and chrysanthemum' snuff bottle Qianlong iron-red four-character seal mark and of the period

A famille-rose and gold-enamelled glass 'birds and flowers' snuff bottle

Sold for HK$ 2,420,000 inc. premium

A famille-rose and gold-ground enamel on glass 'swallows' snuff bottle Qianlong blue-enamelled four-character mark

Sold for HK$ 800,000 inc. premium

An inscribed carnelian snuff bottle Qing dynasty, 1800-1900

Sold for HK$ 644,000 inc. premium

A pale yellow porcelain carved 'landscape' snuff bottle Yao Weidong, Jingdezhen, 1815-1860

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List Grid Results

181	A 'hair-crystal' snuff bottle Qing dynasty, 1730-1870	HK$ 22,500 US$ 2,898 £1,919
182	An agate snuff bottle Qing dynasty, 1750-1850	HK$ 43,750 US$ 5,635 £3,732
183	A red glass 'chi dragons' snuff bottle Qing dynasty, 1700-1830	HK$ 25,000 US$ 3,220 £2,132
184	A champlevé-enamelled 'seed-pod' snuff bottle Qing dynasty, 1770-1880	HK$ 3,750 US$ 483 £319
185	An inside-painted glass 'fish and insects' snuff bottle Bi Rongjiu	HK$ 40,000 US$ 5,152 £3,412
186	A moulded 'famille rose' porcelain 'lotus blossom' snuff bottles Qing dynasty, 1800-1900	HK$ 27,500 US$ 3,542 £2,346
187	A fossilised limestone snuff bottle Qing dynasty, 1730-1880	HK$ 37,500 US$ 4,830 £3,199
188	A white metal 'floral' snuff bottle 1960-1970	HK$ 8,750 US$ 1,127 £746
189	A 'jet' snuff bottle Qing dynasty, 1730-1860	HK$ 18,750 US$ 2,415 £1,599
190	An inside-painted rock-crystal 'opera singers' snuff bottles Tang Zichuan, circa 1850-1900	HK$ 3,750 US$ 483 £319
191	A brass 'shou' snuff bottle Japan, 1868-1920	HK$ 7,500 US$ 966 £639
192	An engraved bronze 'dragon' snuff bottle Late Qing dynasty / early Republican period, 1830-1920	HK$ 20,000 US$ 2,576 £1,706
193	A lac-burgauté 'shield' snuff bottle Japan, 1854-1930	HK$ 31,250 US$ 4,025 £2,666
194	A cinnabar lacquer 'flautist' snuff bottle Japan, 1800-1900	HK$ 11,250 US$ 1,449 £959
195	A set of four inside-painted glass 'Communist leaders' snuff bottles Painted by Dong Xue, inscribed by Wang Xisan, dated 1988	HK$ 162,500 US$ 20,932 £13,863