Chinese Snuff Bottles

An Important Imperial Enamel Chinese-Subject Snuff

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Chinese Snuff Bottles

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The Emily Byrne Curtis Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles

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An Early Inside-Painted Rock Crystal Snuff Bottle: An Early inside-painted rock crystal snuff bottleGan Xuanwen, Lingnan School, 1810-1825 Of rounded rectangular shape with each main face and narrow side with a raised rounded rectangular panel, the

0601: An Early Inside-Painted Rock Crystal Snuff BottleEst. $3,000-$5,000

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An Inside-Painted Glass Snuff Bottle: An Inside-painted glass snuff bottleTang Zichuan, 1892Of rounded rectangular shape, painted with a continuous scene of a figure driving a group of laden donkeys past a towered gateway with shops and

0602: An Inside-Painted Glass Snuff BottleEst. $1,500-$2,500

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Two Inside-Painted Snuff Bottles: Two Inside-painted snuff bottlesOne dated 1895The first bottle signed Yong Shoutian and dated yiwei year (1895) and painted with equestrians and other official figures illustrating a story from

0603: Two Inside-Painted Snuff BottlesEst. $1,200-$1,800

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Two Inside-Painted Snuff Bottles: Two Inside-Painted Snuff Bottles1894, 1892The first bottle dated jiawu year (1894), and signed illegibly, painted with a delicate stippled landscape scene with trees and rocks on one side and

0604: Two Inside-Painted Snuff BottlesEst. $1,200-$1,800

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An Inside-Painted Glass Snuff Bottle: An inside-painted glass snuff bottleYan Yutian, 1895Of rounded rectangular shape, painted on both sides with scholars in landscape settingS, one side inscribed with a date of yiwei and Yan Yutian,

0605: An Inside-Painted Glass Snuff BottleEst. $1,200-$1,800

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An Inside-Painted Calligraphic Glass Snuff Bottle: An inside-painted Calligraphic glass snuff bottleZhou Leyuan, 1889Of rounded rectangular shape, the interior buffed to a misty finish to highlight the ink calligraphy, each side with a

0606: An Inside-Painted Calligraphic Glass Snuff BottleEst. $2,000-$3,000

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An Inside-Painted Glass Snuff Bottle: An inside-painted glass snuff bottleGui Xianggu, 1900 Of rounded rectangular shape, one main face depicting Huang Chengyen on his donkey with his assistant in a spring landscape collecting the early

0608: An Inside-Painted Glass Snuff BottleEst. $2,000-$3,000

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An Inside-Painted 'Mixed-Script' And 'Elephant-Subject': An inside-painted 'mixed-script' and 'elephant-subject' glass snuff bottleSun Xingwu, 1899 Of rounded rectangular shape, painted on one main face with a scholar or priest under a Buddhist umbrella

0609: An Inside-Painted 'Mixed-Script' And 'Elephant-Subject'Est. $6,000-$8,000

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An Inside-Painted Glass Snuff Bottle: An inside-painted glass snuff bottleChen Shaofu, 1905 Of rounded rectangular shape, painted in pastel shades on one main face in the style of Zhou Leyuan with a windy lake or coastal landscape with

0610: An Inside-Painted Glass Snuff BottleEst. $1,500-$2,500Lot Passed

An Inside-Painted Glass Snuff Bottle: An inside-painted glass snuff bottleMeng Zishou, 1911Of large rounded oval shape with tall cylindrical neck with slightly concave mouth and a wide oval foot with a narrow foot ring, painted in a

0611: An Inside-Painted Glass Snuff BottleEst. $2,500-$4,000Lot Passed

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An Inside-Painted Glass Snuff Bottle: An inside-painted glass Snuff BottleYe Zhongsan, 1898Of rounded square shape and painted in a continuous scene with the eight horses of Muwang strolling in a river or lakeside setting with willow to

0612: An Inside-Painted Glass Snuff BottleEst. $3,000-$5,000

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An Inside-Painted 'One-Hundred Boys' Clear Rock Crystal: An inside-painted 'one-hundred boys' clear rock crystal snuff bottleYe Zhongsan, 1926Of large rounded square shape with cylindrical neck and short oval foot with slightly rounded foot ring, painted

0613: An Inside-Painted 'One-Hundred Boys' Clear Rock CrystalEst. $2,000-$3,000

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A Large Inside-Painted 'Bird-Subject' Glass Snuff: A large inside-painted 'bird-subject' glass snuff bottleYe Zhongsan, 1931Of large rounded rectangular shape with plain main faces and large well-carved lion-mask fixed-ring handles on the narrow

0614: A Large Inside-Painted 'Bird-Subject' Glass SnuffEst. $3,000-$5,000Lot Passed

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An Inside-Painted Glass Snuff Bottle: An Inside-painted glass snuff bottleYe Xiaofeng (Bengxi) b. 1900 - d.1974 Of rounded rectangular shape with tall cylindrical neck and shallow oval foot, painted on one main face with a kingfisher

0615: An Inside-Painted Glass Snuff BottleEst. $1,200-$1,800

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An Inside-Painted 'Night-Scene' Glass Bottle: An inside-painted 'night-scene' glass bottleMa Shaoxuan, 1897Of rounded rectangular shape, the interior glass buffed to a misty finish to highlight the extremely well-painted night-time scene on one

0616: An Inside-Painted 'Night-Scene' Glass BottleEst. $3,000-$5,000

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Two Inside-Painted Clear Glass Snuff Bottles: Two inside-painted clear glass snuff bottlesMa Shaoxuan, 1911, 1903Each of rounded rectangular shape, and each painted on one main face with a landscape scene inscribed as after Wang Hui, one, the

0617: Two Inside-Painted Clear Glass Snuff BottlesEst. $2,500-$4,500Lot Passed

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A Rare Inside-Painted 'Qin Xuefang Portrait' Glass: A rare inside-painted 'Qin Xuefang portrait' glass snuff bottleMa Shaoxuan, 1925Painted on one main face with an extraordinary grisaille portrait, said to depict Qin Xuefang, wearing a double-strand

0618: A Rare Inside-Painted 'Qin Xuefang Portrait' GlassEst. $15,000-$20,000

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An Imitation Jadeite Glass Snuff Bottle: An imitation jadeite glass snuff Bottle1780-1880Of rounded spade shape and standing on a shallowly cut oval foot, the semi-transparent glass with slightly more opaque patches of milky white and green

0619: An Imitation Jadeite Glass Snuff BottleEst. $1,500-$1,800

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A White And Pink-Blush Semi-Transparent Glass Snuff: A white and pink-blush semi-transparent glass snuff Bottle1770-1830Of flattened rounded spherical shape with short, very slightly waisted neck and supported on a simple rounded oval foot ring, the

0620: A White And Pink-Blush Semi-Transparent Glass SnuffEst. $1,000-$1,500

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A Pale Opaque Green Glass Snuff Bottle: A pale opaque green glass snuff bottleYijin zhai markOf flattened round shape with slender waisted neck and slightly everted rim standing on a short, slightly spreading, thin oval foot ring, the

0621: A Pale Opaque Green Glass Snuff BottleEst. $2,500-$3,500

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A White And Pink Blush 'Lotus-Form' Snuff Bottle: A white and Pink blush 'lotus-form' snuff bottle1750-1820, possibly Imperial glass workshops Of flattened oviform shape, the bottle molded with three layers of graduated lotus petals rising from a

0622: A White And Pink Blush 'Lotus-Form' Snuff BottleEst. $8,000-$12,000

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A Pale-Blue-Glass Overlay 'Snowstorm-Ground': A pale-blue-glass overlay 'snowstorm-ground' Daoist-subject snuff bottleYangzhou School seal school, 1800-1850Of flattened rounded tear-drop shape, carved in low relief through a pale blue glass

0623: A Pale-Blue-Glass Overlay 'Snowstorm-Ground'Est. $1,500-$2,500

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A Bright Blue Overlay 'Snowstorm'-Ground 'Chained Hound: A bright blue overlay 'snowstorm'-ground 'chained hound and hawk' glass snuff bottle1750-1850Of flattened rounded shape, carved through a bright blue overlay on one main face with a seated hound tied

0624: A Bright Blue Overlay 'Snowstorm'-Ground 'Chained HoundEst. $3,000-$5,000

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0625: A Brilliant Violet-Blue Glass Overlay 'Eight Bats'Est. $8,000-$12,000

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