Skip to main content

This auction has ended. View lot details

You may also be interested in

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

AN EMBELLISHED AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE TOGETHER WITH A MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND SOAPSTONE INSET 'MUSICIANS' TURQUOISE MOSAIC SNUFF BOTTLE China/Japan, 19th/20th Century (3) image 1
AN EMBELLISHED AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE TOGETHER WITH A MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND SOAPSTONE INSET 'MUSICIANS' TURQUOISE MOSAIC SNUFF BOTTLE China/Japan, 19th/20th Century (3) image 2
AN EMBELLISHED AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE TOGETHER WITH A MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND SOAPSTONE INSET 'MUSICIANS' TURQUOISE MOSAIC SNUFF BOTTLE China/Japan, 19th/20th Century (3) image 3
A European Private Collection of Snuff Bottles (Lots 525-547)
Lot 533Ф,Y

AN EMBELLISHED AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE TOGETHER WITH A MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND SOAPSTONE INSET 'MUSICIANS' TURQUOISE MOSAIC SNUFF BOTTLE
China/Japan, 19th/20th Century

12 – 19 May 2025, 12:00 BST
Online, London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £1,024 inc. premium

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

How to sell

Looking for a similar item?

Our Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.

Find your local specialist

Ask about this lot

AN EMBELLISHED AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE TOGETHER WITH A MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND SOAPSTONE INSET 'MUSICIANS' TURQUOISE MOSAIC SNUFF BOTTLE

China/Japan, 19th/20th Century
Comprising: an embellished agate snuff bottle inset with coloured stones, stained ivory and bone with a scene of a lady with two attendant boys; and a mother-of-pearl and soapstone embellished 'musicians' snuff bottle, of rounded rectangular form inset overall with a mosaic of turquoise, with two oval panels each inlaid in mother-of-pearl and soapstone to depict a female musician, matching stopper.
The turquoise mosaic bottle and stopper 7.6cm (3in) high. (3).

Footnotes

中國/日本 十九/二十世紀 瑪瑙雕仕女童子鼻煙壺及螺鈿壽山石仕女圖鼻煙壺

The item within this lot containing ivory has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (Section 10). Ref. K9ACA59B

Additional information

Bid now on these items

A rare Chinese group of the Tyrolean Dancers, Qianlong period, circa 1752