A COCONUT, A DOUBLE GOURD, AND TWO MOTHER-OF-PEARL SNUFF BOTTLES Late Qing to Republic Period one mother-of-pearl bottle with a pink tourmaline 'toad' stopper and a box, measured without the stoppers of varying sizes from 5.2cm to 7.2cm high (4). Footnotes: Provenance: (mother-of-pearl, 'toad' stopper) The Jade Gallery, Melbourne, 1966 (V. Bruce's snuff bottle journal, #169) (mother-of-pearl) Gift from [Josef] Newman, Sydney (V. Bruce's snuff bottle journal, #167) (double gourd) Nine Dragons, Hong Kong, 1975 (V. Bruce's snuff bottle journal, #264) (coconut) Yuan Feng, Hong Kong, 1962, #3650 (invoice, and V. Bruce's snuff bottle journal, #38) 晚清至民國 椰殼刻燈謎詩文、葫蘆形、螺鈿花卉紋、螺鈿匏形鼻煙壺四件、（螺鈿匏形）碧璽⌈蛤蟆⌋蓋 及盒 （椰）款識：是瓜瓞，匪果實；盛以芬芳，氣不出。駢百。（此為燈謎，謎底是香囊。） 傳承： （螺鈿匏形）墨爾本 The Jade Gallery，1966年（V. Bruce 鼻煙壺札記，編號169） （螺鈿）得贈於 [Josef] Newman（V. Bruce 鼻煙壺札記，編號167） （葫蘆形）香港 Nine Dragons，1975年（V. Bruce 鼻煙壺札記，編號264） （椰殼）香港源豐，1962年，編號3650（賬單，及 V. Bruce 鼻煙壺札記，編號38） For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing