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Marlborough, MA, United States

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Six Porcelain Snuff Bottles, China, (6): Six Porcelain Snuff Bottles, China, A flattened round molded blue-glazed bottle with lions; a flattened baluster molded blue-glazed bottle with a dragon; a polychrome enameled bottle with pigeons; a

Lot Closed

0241: Six Porcelain Snuff Bottles, China, (6)

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Six Molded Porcelain Snuff Bottles, China, (6): Six Molded Porcelain Snuff Bottles, China, Three-blue glazed bottles with dragon motifs; a yellow-glazed bottle with a dragon; a white-glazed bottle with lions; and a red-glazed bottle with Buddhist

Lot Closed

0242: Six Molded Porcelain Snuff Bottles, China, (6)

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0243: A White Nephrite Gourd-form Bottle, China,

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Six Snuff Bottles and One Saucer Dish, China, (6): Six Snuff Bottles and One Saucer Dish, China, A circular puddingstone bottle; a banded round bottle; a resin flattened gourd form bottle; a cloisonne bottle with an elongated neck; a smokey quartz

Lot Closed

0244: Six Snuff Bottles and One Saucer Dish, China, (6)

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Six Soapstone, Yixing, and Biscuit Snuff Bottles, China, (6): Six Soapstone, Yixing, and Biscuit Snuff Bottles, China, A soapstone pebble-form bottle with Immortals in a landscape; a soapstone pebble-form bottle with a guzheng player; a soapstone pebble-form

Lot Closed

0245: Six Soapstone, Yixing, and Biscuit Snuff Bottles, China, (6)

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Six Agate and Rock Crystal Snuff Bottles, China, (5): Six Agate and Rock Crystal Snuff Bottles, China, A rock crystal round snuff bottle with rutiles; an agate snuff bottle with Immortals in relief; a quartz snuff bottle with horse and monkey; a crystal

Lot Closed

0246: Six Agate and Rock Crystal Snuff Bottles, China, (5)

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A Group of Four Ruby Red Glass Snuff Bottles, China, (4): A Group of Four Ruby Red Glass Snuff Bottles, China, A flattened round bottle; a flattened ovoid bottle; a pear-shaped bottle; and a faceted double-gourd bottle. From 2 1/4in (5.7cm) to 2 1/2in

Lot Closed

0247: A Group of Four Ruby Red Glass Snuff Bottles, China, (4)

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A Group of Four Agate Snuff Bottles, China, (4): A Group of Four Agate Snuff Bottles, China, A rounded square bottle with two monkeys; a flattened round bottle with figures by a pine tree; a flattened round bottle with a man on a leaf; and a

Lot Closed

0248: A Group of Four Agate Snuff Bottles, China, (4)

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A Group of Six Overlay Glass Snuff Bottles, China, (6): A Group of Six Overlay Glass Snuff Bottles, China, A round brown overlay bottle; a cylindrical red overlay bottle; an ovoid three-color overlay bottle; a flattened round pink overlay bottle; a

Lot Closed

0249: A Group of Six Overlay Glass Snuff Bottles, China, (6)

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Two Agate and One Chalcedony Snuff Bottles, China, (3): Two Agate and One Chalcedony Snuff Bottles, China, A round bottle with a recumbent horse beneath a pine; a flattened round bottle with two men viewing the moon; and a rounded rectangular bottle with

Lot Closed

0250: Two Agate and One Chalcedony Snuff Bottles, China, (3)

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A Group of Five Snuff Bottles, China, (5): A Group of Five Snuff Bottles, China, An enameled porcelain bottle molded as peaches with a monkey; an amber glass bottle with red overlay dragon; a round yixing bottle with slip-decorated

Lot Closed

0251: A Group of Five Snuff Bottles, China, (5)

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A Group of Three Underglazed Blue and White Snuff Bottles, China, (3): A Group of Three Underglazed Blue and White Snuff Bottles, China, A cylindrical bottle with a dragon in the clouds in copper red; a cylindrical bottle with a dragon in the clouds in iron red; and a

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0252: A Group of Three Underglazed Blue and White Snuff Bottles, China, (3)

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Four Agate Snuff Bottles, China, (4): Four Agate Snuff Bottles, China, A round bottle with water buffalo decoration; a rounded rectangular bottle with men beneath a tree; a round bottle with sages in a landscape; and a rounded

Lot Closed

0253: Four Agate Snuff Bottles, China, (4)

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A Group of Six Enameled Snuff Bottles, China, (6): A Group of Six Enameled Snuff Bottles, China, A waisted baluster form bottle with cartouches of landscape scenes; a baluster bottle with cranes; a round bottle with an interior scene; a flattened

Lot Closed

0254: A Group of Six Enameled Snuff Bottles, China, (6)

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Three Agate Snuff Bottles, China, (3): Three Agate Snuff Bottles, China, A round bottle carved with a deity and three rams; a flattened round bottle carved with a man on horseback; and an oval bottle with two playful lions. from 2 1/4in

Lot Closed

0255: Three Agate Snuff Bottles, China, (3)

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A Group of Seven Modern Peking Glass Snuff Bottles of Eggplants, China, (7): A Group of Seven Modern Peking Glass Snuff Bottles of Eggplants, China, 2 7/8in (7.3cm) high (7). Lot to be sold without reserve. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ¤ ¤

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0256: A Group of Seven Modern Peking Glass Snuff Bottles of Eggplants, China, (7)

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Two Agate and One Rock Crystal Snuff Bottles, China, (3): Two Agate and One Rock Crystal Snuff Bottles, China, A round agate bottle with a monkey and a horse; a round agate bottle with two monkeys and horses; and an oval rock crystal bottle carved with boys

Lot Closed

0257: Two Agate and One Rock Crystal Snuff Bottles, China, (3)

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A Group of Four 'Dragon' Snuff Bottles, China, (4): A Group of Four 'Dragon' Snuff Bottles, China, A cylindrical bottle with copper red underglaze decoration; a baluster bottle with copper red underglaze decoration; a round bottle with enameled green

Lot Closed

0258: A Group of Four 'Dragon' Snuff Bottles, China, (4)

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Two Agate and One Rock Crystal Snuff Bottles, China, (3): Two Agate and One Rock Crystal Snuff Bottles, China, A flattened baluster agate bottle with a man and a crane; a rectangular agate bottle with a horse below a pine; and a round rock crystal bottle

Lot Closed

0259: Two Agate and One Rock Crystal Snuff Bottles, China, (3)

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A Group of Seven Underglazed Blue and White Snuff Bottles, China, (7): A Group of Seven Underglazed Blue and White Snuff Bottles, China, Six cylindrical bottles; one depicting a woman and a boy in a garden; one with a warrior inside a dwelling; one with a dragon in the

Lot Closed

0260: A Group of Seven Underglazed Blue and White Snuff Bottles, China, (7)

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Two Glass Overlay Snuff Bottles, China, (2): Two Glass Overlay Snuff Bottles, China, A double-gourd bottle with red overlaid vines and leaves; and a flattened ovoid bottle with black overlaid 'hundred antiques motifs'. each 2 1/2in (6.4cm)

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0261: Two Glass Overlay Snuff Bottles, China, (2)

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Four Agate Snuff Bottles, China, (4): Four Agate Snuff Bottles, China, A flattened round bottle with a lion in relief; a flattened rectangular Suzhou-style bottle; a flattened rectangular bottle with a horse in relief; and a rectangular

Lot Closed

0262: Four Agate Snuff Bottles, China, (4)

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Two Enameled Glass Snuff Bottles, China, (2): Two Enameled Glass Snuff Bottles, China, A flattened round bottle with flower basket motif; and a flattened double gourd bottle with cartouches of European portraits and landscapes. 1 7/8in (4.8cm)

Lot Closed

0263: Two Enameled Glass Snuff Bottles, China, (2)

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Three Agate Snuff Bottles, China, (3): Three Agate Snuff Bottles, China, A round bottle with natural patterning; a baluster bottle with carved flowering branches; and a rectangular bottle carved with roosters. From 2 1/8in (5.4cm) to 2

Lot Closed

0264: Three Agate Snuff Bottles, China, (3)

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