Palm Beach Estate Chinese Snuff Bottles

Good Chinese Ming Style Wucai Decorated Porcelain Master Snuff Bottle

Fine Chinese Multi-Colored Peking Glass Snuff Bottle

Good Chinese Translucent Chalcedony Master Snuff Bottle

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West Palm Beach, FL, United States

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Palm Beach Estate Chinese Snuff Bottles

A.B. Levy's Palm Beach

A.B. Levy’s is pleased to present a remarkable offering of over 75 Chinese snuff bottles from various Palm Beach estates, representing one of the most varied and appealing assemblages to come to market this season. This carefully curated selection spans a wide range of materials, techniques, and dynastic influences—featuring bottles in jade, agate, quartz, glass overlay, porcelain, coral, lacquer, and inside-painted examples of fine artistry. Each piece tells its own story through the subtle balance of form, color, and symbolism that defined this refined Qing dynasty art. Collectors will discover opportunities at every level, from charming examples ideal for the beginning enthusiast, to rare and intricate bottles certain to appeal to the advanced connoisseur. Estimates range from $100 to $1,000, offering a chance to acquire both entry-level and scholarly pieces from trusted Palm Beach estates. Whether drawn to the elegance of a flawless jade carving or the narrative depth of a miniature inside-painted landscape, this auction celebrates the enduring allure of one of China’s most collectible art forms—small in scale, yet rich in history and beauty.

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Albert Levy

Senior Director - Fine Jewelry, Art, and Antiques

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Chinese Rock Carved Rock Crystal Snuff Bottle: Chinese Rock Crystal Snuff Bottle Qing Dynasty, late 19th century. The rectangular body with rounded corners finely carved overall with vertical rows of teardrop motifs, fitted with a jadeite stopper

0001: Chinese Rock Carved Rock Crystal Snuff BottleEst. $500-$800Lot Passed

Chinese Reticulated Porcelain Snuff Bottle: Chinese Reticulated Porcelain Snuff Bottle The celadon colored porcelain pierced with a reticulated trellis motif and raised foot, with a rhodadite cap with spoon. Height 2.75 in.

0002: Chinese Reticulated Porcelain Snuff BottleEst. $400-$600Lot Passed

Good Chinese Molded and Enamelled Porcelain Snuff Bottle: Good Chinese Molded and Enamelled Porcelain Snuff Bottle The underside with three character marks in red. The shaped body with upper corners molded with leopard masks, one side decorated with an

0003: Good Chinese Molded and Enamelled Porcelain Snuff BottleEst. $500-$800Lot Passed

Good & Unusual Chinese Blue & White Porcelain Master Snuff Bottle: Good & Unusual Chinese Blue & White Porcelain Master Snuff Bottle The cylindrical bottle with a raised beck and circular foot, whimiscally decorated with a forest landscape with multiple fauna,

0004: Good & Unusual Chinese Blue & White Porcelain Master Snuff BottleEst. $700-$900Lot Passed

Chinese Blue & White Porcelain Master Snuff Bottle: Chinese Blue & White Porcelain Master Snuff Bottle Cylindrical with a raised neck and raised circular foot, decorated all around with mythical figures amidst ocean waves, before a city gate with

0005: Chinese Blue & White Porcelain Master Snuff BottleEst. $600-$900Lot Passed

Chinese Internal Reverse Painted Glass Snuff Bottle: Chinese Internal Reverse Painted Glass Snuff Bottle Each side painted with an elaborately dress maiden engaged in leisurely pursuits, with a poem in script, raised neck and foot, with a jadeite cap

0006: Chinese Internal Reverse Painted Glass Snuff BottleEst. $400-$500Lot Passed

Good Chinese Ming Style Wucai Decorated Porcelain Master Snuff Bottle: Good Chinese Ming Style Wucai Decorated Porcelain Master Snuff Bottle 19th Century. The underside with a six-character mark in underglaze blue. Cylindrical, painted with a dragon in pursuit of

0025: Good Chinese Ming Style Wucai Decorated Porcelain Master Snuff BottleEst. $700-$1,000Lot Passed

Fine Chinese Multi-Colored Peking Glass Snuff Bottle: Fine Chinese Multi-Colored Peking Glass Snuff Bottle The mocha-colored opaque body with multi-colored confetti-like mottling, with a tall cylindrical neck , metal-mounted coral cap, with scoop.

0026: Fine Chinese Multi-Colored Peking Glass Snuff BottleEst. $700-$900Lot Passed

Good Chinese Translucent Chalcedony Master Snuff Bottle: Good Chinese Translucent Chalcedony Master Snuff Bottle The slightly tapered colorless to white circular body containing vibrant whisps of orange, with stylized mask and ring handles at the side,

0027: Good Chinese Translucent Chalcedony Master Snuff BottleEst. $600-$900Lot Passed

Good Chinese Grayish Brown Chalcedony Snuff Bottle: Good Chinese Grayish Brown Chalcedony Snuff Bottle The large Translucent circular body with whisps of white and brown,The conforming domed cap with a scoop. Height 3.25 in. Snuff bottles were

0028: Good Chinese Grayish Brown Chalcedony Snuff BottleEst. $600-$900Lot Passed

Chinese Carved Snuff Bottle: Chinese Carved Snuff Bottle The underside signed with character marks. Carved allover with a multitude of monks, the shaped neck with a domed cap with finial, and with a scoop. Height 3.25 in.

0029: Chinese Carved Snuff BottleEst. $700-$900Lot Passed

Fine Chinese Carved Snuff Bottle: Fine Chinese Carved Snuff Bottle The pear-form body intricately carved with reserves containing figures, on a delicately carved trellis ground, the lotus carved conforming cap with scoop. Height 3

0030: Fine Chinese Carved Snuff BottleEst. $700-$1,000Lot Passed

Good Chinese Interior Painted Glass Snuff Bottle: Good Chinese Interior Painted Glass Snuff Bottle Early 20th Century. The elongated chamfered square body figures and landscapes on all four sides, with a domed jade cap, lacking scoop. Height 4.25

0031: Good Chinese Interior Painted Glass Snuff BottleEst. $400-$800Lot Passed

Good Chinese Carved Peking Glass Master Snuff Bottle: Good Chinese Carved Peking Glass Master Snuff Bottle The footed pale green and amber colored ovoid body carved with a writhing chimera on each side, with a domed green mineral cap, with damaged

0032: Good Chinese Carved Peking Glass Master Snuff BottleEst. $600-$900Lot Passed

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Chinese Cameo Carved Red Over White Peking Glass Snuff Bottle: Chinese Cameo Carved Red Over White Peking Glass Snuff Bottle The ovoid footed body with cylindrical neck carved with a fish and foliage, with a coral cap and scoop. Height 3 in. Snuff bottles

0033: Chinese Cameo Carved Red Over White Peking Glass Snuff BottleEst. $400-$600

Chinese Carved Agate Snuff Bottle: Chinese Carved Agate Snuff Bottle The footed gray toned ovoid bottle, one side with a projecting russet carved scene of a fisherman casting his net in a boat, the cap with a silver mounted amber

0034: Chinese Carved Agate Snuff BottleEst. $500-$700Lot Passed

Chinese Carved Agate Snuff Bottle: Chinese Carved Agate Snuff Bottle The footed gray and russet ovoid body with sides carved with stylized ring and mask handles, with a brass mounted coral cap, and a scoop. Height 2.25 in. Snuff

0035: Chinese Carved Agate Snuff BottleEst. $500-$700Lot Passed

Chinese Overlaid Peking Glass Snuff Bottle: Chinese Overlaid Peking Glass Snuff Bottle The footed two-toned ovoid body carved with a fish leaping out of water on each side, brown overlaid on colorless glass, with a coral domed cap and with

0036: Chinese Overlaid Peking Glass Snuff BottleEst. $400-$600Lot Passed

Chinese Opaline Peking Glass Snuff Bottle: Chinese Opaline Peking Glass Snuff Bottle The footed ovoid green tined white glass bottle with faux mask handles at each side, with a russet domed cap, with scoop. Height 3 in. Snuff bottles were

0037: Chinese Opaline Peking Glass Snuff BottleEst. $300-$400Lot Passed

Chinese Cloisonné Enamel on Copper Snuff Bottle: Chinese Cloisonné Enamel on Copper Snuff Bottle Early 20th Century. The ovoid vessel reserved on each side with a dragon, and with foliage all on a greed ground, with conforming cap and a copper

0038: Chinese Cloisonné Enamel on Copper Snuff BottleEst. $500-$700Lot Passed

Chinese Pale Celadon Jade Cicada-Form Snuff Bottle: Chinese Pale Celadon Jade Cicada-Form Snuff Bottle Projecting wings, and with a carved underside and large circular eyes, with a red resin cap.. Length 2.75 in. Snuff bottles were personal

0039: Chinese Pale Celadon Jade Cicada-Form Snuff BottleEst. $800-$1,200Lot Passed

Fine Chinese Carved Shadow Agate Snuff Bottle: Fine Chinese Carved Shadow Agate Snuff Bottle The ovoid footed body of translucent gray color with a natural brown inclusion of a stylized horse, the sides carved with stylized mask and ring handles,

0040: Fine Chinese Carved Shadow Agate Snuff BottleEst. $1,000-$2,000Lot Passed

Chinese Mottled Agate Snuff Bottle: Chinese Mottled Agate Snuff Bottle The shaped footed circular body with an overall mottling of gray to brownish black, the sides carved with mask and stylized ring handles, with a domed celadon green

0041: Chinese Mottled Agate Snuff BottleEst. $600-$800Lot Passed

Chinese Carved Chalcedony Quartz Snuff Bottle: Chinese Carved Chalcedony Quartz Snuff Bottle The white opaline body with black and gray inclusions of pear form, one side carved with a crocodile, with a colorless glass or quartz cap. Height 2.5

0042: Chinese Carved Chalcedony Quartz Snuff BottleEst. $700-$1,000Lot Passed

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West Palm Beach, FL 33405

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