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The Lumsden family collection of Chinese snuff bottles

22 March 2015 | starting at 14:00 AEDT

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A Chinese inside painted 'landscape' snuff bottle Dated 1910. Sold for AU$9,760 inc. premium

12 Chinese inside painted 'The Twenty-four Filial Exemplars' glass snuff bottles Liu Ziyi (b. 1939), dated 1986 (12). Sold for AU$9,150 inc. premium

Two Chinese painted yixing snuff bottle Mid 20th Century (2). Sold for AU$6,710 inc. premium

A Chinese inside painted 'bird and flower' smoky-quartz snuff bottle Ye Bengqi, signed Ye Xiaosan, undated. Sold for AU$6,710 inc. premium

Three Chinese carved hornbill snuff bottles Late Qing Dynasty (3). Sold for AU$5,856 inc. premium

Two Chinese inside painted glass snuff bottles Yi Zi, Chen Runpu (b. 1946), early to mid 20th century (2). Sold for AU$5,490 inc. premium

A Chinese inside painted 'Zhong Kui' glass snuff bottle Sun Xingwu, Beijing, dated 1899. Sold for AU$5,124 inc. premium

A Chinese inside painted 'playing children' amber snuff bottles Attributed to Ye Zhongsan, Ye family, early 20th century. Sold for AU$4,880 inc. premium

Ten Chinese inside painted glass snuff bottles Zheng Shikui, dated 1990 (10). Sold for AU$3,904 inc. premium

Two Chinese inside-painted revolutionary-theme glass snuff bottles Wen Xiangjun, Dated 1967 and 1968 (2). Sold for AU$1,830 inc. premium

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155 lots available

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A Chinese buffalo horn snuff bottle with carved ivory inset
Early 20th Century

Sold for AU$158.60 inc. premium

11^Ф,Y —
A Chinese agate snuff bottle
Qing dynasty

Sold for AU$2,196 inc. premium

12^Ф,Y —
Three Chinese hard stone snuff bottles
Late Qing Dynasty

Sold for AU$317.20 inc. premium

14 —
A Chinese inside-painted glass snuff bottle
Mid 20th Century

Sold for AU$158.60 inc. premium

15 —
Four Chinese porcelain snuff bottles
20th century

Sold for AU$268.40 inc. premium

16 —
A Chinese bronze snuff bottle
Late Qing Dynasty to Republic Period

Sold for AU$488 inc. premium

17^Ф,Y —
Two Chinese carved ivory snuff bottles
Early 20th Century

Sold for AU$341.60 inc. premium

18 —
A Chinese carved nacre snuff bottle, and two Chinese carved mother-of-pearl snuff bottles
Late Qing to Republic period

Sold for AU$427 inc. premium

19 —
Two Chinese yellow glass snuff bottles
Republic Period

Sold for AU$244 inc. premium

20^Ф,Y —
Three Chinese lac burgauté snuff bottles
19th Century

Sold for AU$488 inc. premium

21^Ф,Y —
A Chinese ivory gourd-shaped snuff bottle
Late Qing Dynasty to Republic Period

Amended

Sold for AU$231.80 inc. premium

22 —
A Chinese porcelain snuff bottle
Late Qing Dynasty

Sold for AU$390.40 inc. premium

23 —
Three Chinese carved hornbill snuff bottles
Late Qing Dynasty

Sold for AU$5,856 inc. premium

24 —
A Chinese folding four-panel metal medicine bottles
Late Qing Dynasty

Sold for AU$207.40 inc. premium

25^Ф,Y —
A Chinese carved and stained ivory snuff bottle
Early 20th Century

Sold for AU$91.50 inc. premium

26^Ф,Y —
Five Chinese cloisonne snuff bottles
19th/ 20th century

Sold for AU$2,684 inc. premium

27 —
A Chinese inside-painted glass snuff bottle
20th Century

Sold for AU$170.80 inc. premium

28 —
Two Chinese inside-painted glass snuff bottles
Chen Runpu (b. 1946), and unknown, 20th century

Sold for AU$1,952 inc. premium

30^Ф,Y —
A set of five Chinese buffalo horn snuff bottle with carved ivory insets
20th Century

Sold for AU$512.40 inc. premium

31 —
A Chinese inside-painted glass snuff bottle
Suo Zhenhai, dated by inscription 1974

Sold for AU$2,318 inc. premium

32^Ф,Y —
A Chinese carved buffalo horn snuff bottle with mother-of-pearl, ivory, and hardstone inlays in the shape of a water gourd
Mid 20th Century

Sold for AU$219.60 inc. premium

33 —
Three Chinese inside-painted glass snuff bottles
Ding Guilin, Cha Yuging, Yao Guixin, 1970s

Sold for AU$732 inc. premium

34 —
A Chinese inside-painted glass 'hundred boys' snuff bottle
Zheng Xuye, 1978

Sold for AU$671 inc. premium

35 —
Five Chinese inside-painted light amber glass snuff bottles
Early 20th Century, Meng Qin, Xin Ting, Rong Jin

Sold for AU$341.60 inc. premium

36 —
Four Chinese ceramic snuff bottles
Late Qing Dynasty

Sold for AU$463.60 inc. premium

37 —
A Chinese ceramic snuff bottle of painted enamel decoration
Late Qing Dynasty

Sold for AU$195.20 inc. premium

41 —
Two Chinese lac burgauté snuff bottles
19th/ 20th century

Sold for AU$463.60 inc. premium

43 —
Four Chinese inside-painted glass snuff bottles
20th Century

Sold for AU$244 inc. premium

44 —
A Chinese inside-painted glass snuff bottle
Signed Moshi, Dated 1970

Sold for AU$207.40 inc. premium

45 —
A Chinese inside-painted glass 'harvest' snuff bottle
Signed Sun Jizhe, possibly Sun Jijie (1945 - 2014), dated 1972

Sold for AU$915 inc. premium

46 —
Two Chinese inside-painted glass 'scholars' snuff bottles
One dated 1966

Sold for AU$549 inc. premium

48 —
A Chinese-painted glass 'Zhang Heng' snuff bottles
Ji School, Dated 1977

Sold for AU$366 inc. premium

49 —
A Chinese inside-painted glass 'Gandhanra' snuff bottle
Dated 1979

Sold for AU$366 inc. premium

50 —
A Chinese inside-painted glass 'Mount Shizhong' snuff bottle
Dated 1977

Sold for AU$390.40 inc. premium

51 —
A Chinese painted-enamel 'erotic' snuff bottle
20th Century

Sold for AU$268.40 inc. premium

53 —
Two Chinese inside-painted glass snuff bottles
Suo Zhenhai (1944-2006), Dated 1980

Sold for AU$1,342 inc. premium

55^Ф,Y —
Three Chinese glass snuff bottles
20th Century

Sold for AU$231.80 inc. premium

56 —
A Chinese inside-painted glass 'plum' snuff bottle
Dated 1967

Sold for AU$1,708 inc. premium

57^Y —
Three Mughal style buffalo-horn snuff bottles with hardstone inlays
Late 19th century

Sold for AU$268.40 inc. premium

58 —
A Mughal style possibly amber snuff bottle with hardstone inlays
Late 19th century

Sold for AU$1,464 inc. premium

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Ф	Item contains or is made of ivory
	This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.
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The Lumsden family collection of Chinese snuff bottles

Auction highlights

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1 — Two Chinese blue and white snuff bottles 19th century

2Ф,Y — Six Chinese cloisonne snuff bottles Late Qing Dynasty Late Qing Dynasty

3 — Four small Chinese inside-painted glass apprentice bottles 20th century

4Ф,Y — A Chinese lac burgauté snuff bottle 19th century to early 20th century

5Ф,Y — Six Chinese smoked-and-tinted ivory snuff bottles Late Qing Dynasty

6Ф,Y — Five Chinese hard stone snuff bottles

8Ф,Y — Five Chinese Ivory snuff bottles

9 — Two Chinese quartz snuff bottles Late Qing Dynasty to Republic Period

10Ф,Y — A Chinese buffalo horn snuff bottle with carved ivory inset Early 20th Century

11Ф,Y — A Chinese agate snuff bottle Qing dynasty

12Ф,Y — Three Chinese hard stone snuff bottles Late Qing Dynasty

14 — A Chinese inside-painted glass snuff bottle Mid 20th Century

15 — Four Chinese porcelain snuff bottles 20th century

16 — A Chinese bronze snuff bottle Late Qing Dynasty to Republic Period

17Ф,Y — Two Chinese carved ivory snuff bottles Early 20th Century

18 — A Chinese carved nacre snuff bottle, and two Chinese carved mother-of-pearl snuff bottles Late Qing to Republic period

19 — Two Chinese yellow glass snuff bottles Republic Period

20Ф,Y — Three Chinese lac burgauté snuff bottles 19th Century

21Ф,Y — A Chinese ivory gourd-shaped snuff bottle Late Qing Dynasty to Republic Period

22 — A Chinese porcelain snuff bottle Late Qing Dynasty

23 — Three Chinese carved hornbill snuff bottles Late Qing Dynasty

24 — A Chinese folding four-panel metal medicine bottles Late Qing Dynasty

25Ф,Y — A Chinese carved and stained ivory snuff bottle Early 20th Century

26Ф,Y — Five Chinese cloisonne snuff bottles 19th/ 20th century

27 — A Chinese inside-painted glass snuff bottle 20th Century

28 — Two Chinese inside-painted glass snuff bottles Chen Runpu (b. 1946), and unknown, 20th century

30Ф,Y — A set of five Chinese buffalo horn snuff bottle with carved ivory insets 20th Century

31 — A Chinese inside-painted glass snuff bottle Suo Zhenhai, dated by inscription 1974

32Ф,Y — A Chinese carved buffalo horn snuff bottle with mother-of-pearl, ivory, and hardstone inlays in the shape of a water gourd Mid 20th Century

33 — Three Chinese inside-painted glass snuff bottles Ding Guilin, Cha Yuging, Yao Guixin, 1970s

34 — A Chinese inside-painted glass 'hundred boys' snuff bottle Zheng Xuye, 1978

35 — Five Chinese inside-painted light amber glass snuff bottles Early 20th Century, Meng Qin, Xin Ting, Rong Jin

36 — Four Chinese ceramic snuff bottles Late Qing Dynasty

37 — A Chinese ceramic snuff bottle of painted enamel decoration Late Qing Dynasty

41 — Two Chinese lac burgauté snuff bottles 19th/ 20th century

43 — Four Chinese inside-painted glass snuff bottles 20th Century

44 — A Chinese inside-painted glass snuff bottle Signed Moshi, Dated 1970

45 — A Chinese inside-painted glass 'harvest' snuff bottle Signed Sun Jizhe, possibly Sun Jijie (1945 - 2014), dated 1972

46 — Two Chinese inside-painted glass 'scholars' snuff bottles One dated 1966

48 — A Chinese-painted glass 'Zhang Heng' snuff bottles Ji School, Dated 1977

49 — A Chinese inside-painted glass 'Gandhanra' snuff bottle Dated 1979

50 — A Chinese inside-painted glass 'Mount Shizhong' snuff bottle Dated 1977

51 — A Chinese painted-enamel 'erotic' snuff bottle 20th Century

53 — Two Chinese inside-painted glass snuff bottles Suo Zhenhai (1944-2006), Dated 1980

55Ф,Y — Three Chinese glass snuff bottles 20th Century

56 — A Chinese inside-painted glass 'plum' snuff bottle Dated 1967

57Y — Three Mughal style buffalo-horn snuff bottles with hardstone inlays Late 19th century

58 — A Mughal style possibly amber snuff bottle with hardstone inlays Late 19th century

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Two Chinese blue and white snuff bottles
19th century

2^Ф,Y —
Six Chinese cloisonne snuff bottles Late Qing Dynasty
Late Qing Dynasty

3 —
Four small Chinese inside-painted glass apprentice bottles
20th century

4^Ф,Y —
A Chinese lac burgauté snuff bottle
19th century to early 20th century

5^Ф,Y —
Six Chinese smoked-and-tinted ivory snuff bottles
Late Qing Dynasty

6^Ф,Y —
Five Chinese hard stone snuff bottles

8^Ф,Y —
Five Chinese Ivory snuff bottles

9 —
Two Chinese quartz snuff bottles
Late Qing Dynasty to Republic Period

10^Ф,Y —
A Chinese buffalo horn snuff bottle with carved ivory inset
Early 20th Century

11^Ф,Y —
A Chinese agate snuff bottle
Qing dynasty

12^Ф,Y —
Three Chinese hard stone snuff bottles
Late Qing Dynasty

14 —
A Chinese inside-painted glass snuff bottle
Mid 20th Century

15 —
Four Chinese porcelain snuff bottles
20th century

16 —
A Chinese bronze snuff bottle
Late Qing Dynasty to Republic Period

17^Ф,Y —
Two Chinese carved ivory snuff bottles
Early 20th Century

18 —
A Chinese carved nacre snuff bottle, and two Chinese carved mother-of-pearl snuff bottles
Late Qing to Republic period

19 —
Two Chinese yellow glass snuff bottles
Republic Period

20^Ф,Y —
Three Chinese lac burgauté snuff bottles
19th Century

21^Ф,Y —
A Chinese ivory gourd-shaped snuff bottle
Late Qing Dynasty to Republic Period

22 —
A Chinese porcelain snuff bottle
Late Qing Dynasty

23 —
Three Chinese carved hornbill snuff bottles
Late Qing Dynasty

24 —
A Chinese folding four-panel metal medicine bottles
Late Qing Dynasty

25^Ф,Y —
A Chinese carved and stained ivory snuff bottle
Early 20th Century

26^Ф,Y —
Five Chinese cloisonne snuff bottles
19th/ 20th century

27 —
A Chinese inside-painted glass snuff bottle
20th Century

28 —
Two Chinese inside-painted glass snuff bottles
Chen Runpu (b. 1946), and unknown, 20th century

30^Ф,Y —
A set of five Chinese buffalo horn snuff bottle with carved ivory insets
20th Century

31 —
A Chinese inside-painted glass snuff bottle
Suo Zhenhai, dated by inscription 1974

32^Ф,Y —
A Chinese carved buffalo horn snuff bottle with mother-of-pearl, ivory, and hardstone inlays in the shape of a water gourd
Mid 20th Century

33 —
Three Chinese inside-painted glass snuff bottles
Ding Guilin, Cha Yuging, Yao Guixin, 1970s

34 —
A Chinese inside-painted glass 'hundred boys' snuff bottle
Zheng Xuye, 1978

35 —
Five Chinese inside-painted light amber glass snuff bottles
Early 20th Century, Meng Qin, Xin Ting, Rong Jin

36 —
Four Chinese ceramic snuff bottles
Late Qing Dynasty

37 —
A Chinese ceramic snuff bottle of painted enamel decoration
Late Qing Dynasty

41 —
Two Chinese lac burgauté snuff bottles
19th/ 20th century

43 —
Four Chinese inside-painted glass snuff bottles
20th Century

44 —
A Chinese inside-painted glass snuff bottle
Signed Moshi, Dated 1970

45 —
A Chinese inside-painted glass 'harvest' snuff bottle
Signed Sun Jizhe, possibly Sun Jijie (1945 - 2014), dated 1972

46 —
Two Chinese inside-painted glass 'scholars' snuff bottles
One dated 1966

48 —
A Chinese-painted glass 'Zhang Heng' snuff bottles
Ji School, Dated 1977

49 —
A Chinese inside-painted glass 'Gandhanra' snuff bottle
Dated 1979

50 —
A Chinese inside-painted glass 'Mount Shizhong' snuff bottle
Dated 1977

51 —
A Chinese painted-enamel 'erotic' snuff bottle
20th Century

53 —
Two Chinese inside-painted glass snuff bottles
Suo Zhenhai (1944-2006), Dated 1980

55^Ф,Y —
Three Chinese glass snuff bottles
20th Century

56 —
A Chinese inside-painted glass 'plum' snuff bottle
Dated 1967

57^Y —
Three Mughal style buffalo-horn snuff bottles with hardstone inlays
Late 19th century

58 —
A Mughal style possibly amber snuff bottle with hardstone inlays
Late 19th century