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Lot 214Y

Five snuff bottles
19th century

24 November 2011, 11:00 GMT
Edinburgh

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Five snuff bottles

19th century
An ivory example carved in high relief with scenes of scholars taking tea and contemplating the landscape framed by scrolling foliage, with ivory cover and Qianlong mark to base, 7.2cm high, a second moonflask-shaped example with celadon glaze over incised decoration, 7.6cm high, a third inside painted flattened circular bottle with black cut glass rim, frame and mask handles (chip), 7.1cm high another inside painted landscape with signature, 6.3cm high, the fifth with cranberry glass cut in form of dancing warriors, with green glass stopper,
7cm high

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