A BAMBOO SNUFF BOTTLE AND AN AMBER SNUFF BOTTLE Qing Dynasty, 1760-1850 The bamboo snuff bottle of rounded form with a short cylindrical neck and inverted oval foot, the wood of a rich chocolate brown with dark brown fibres, coral stopper; the amber snuff bottle of rounded rectangular form, the waxy golden body suffused with swirls, coral-coloured glass stopper carved as a chi dragon. 7.5cm (3in) high with stopper. (4). Footnotes: 清 一七六零至一八五零年 竹雕鼻烟壺及琥珀鼻烟壺 Provenance: Robert Hall, London A private collection, Edinburgh, acquired from the above 22nd May 2003 (the bamboo bottle) Hugh Moss, Hong Kong Lawsons Sydney, 28th April 1999, lot 614 Joseph Newman Caroline Wilcox (the Albemarle Collection) Robert Kleiner, London A private collection, Edinburgh, acquired from the above (the amber bottle) Published and Illustrated: Robert Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Albemarle Collection, Part II, Hong Kong, 2006, no.75 The Heriot Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Volume I, Edinburgh, 2020, p.69, fig.57 (the amber bottle) The Heriot Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Volume II, Edinburgh, 2020, p.103, fig.88 (the bamboo bottle) Exhibited: ICSBS Annual Convention, Lisbon, 2023 (the bamboo bottle) This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing