A small group of Chinese snuff bottles
£400
Auction: 24 January 2009 at 10:00 GMT
Description
comprising: a large amber agate table bottle of rounded rectangular form, with black spot inclusions and cinnabar lacquer stopper, 9cm high; a brown mottled agate bottle of plain flattened pear shape, with amber stalk finial stopper, 7cm high; a small amethyst bottle and stopper, of pear form, 5cm high; and a mottled pink hardstone bottle of cylindrical tapering oval form, with jadeite stopper, 7cm high; a dark mottled spinach jade bottle of flattened oval form, with coral stopper, old paper label, 5.5cm high; together with a toffee striped glass snuff bottle of flattened oval form, with a green glass stopper, 6cm high (6)