Lot 115
A collection of Chinese porcelain snuff bottles
Auction: 24 January 2009 at 10:00 GMT
Description
cpmprising: a bottle of flattened gourd form, painted in blue with a figure on horseback in a landscape, blue character mark, pink agate stopper; 6.5cm high; a famille rose twin bottle, decorated with dragons and dogs of Fo, hardstone stoppers, 6cm high; a rouge de fer and en grisaille bottle decorated with a horse and deer with trees, matched stopper, 6cm high; a famille rose bottle decorated with figures by a river, red painted four character mark, hardstone stopper, 6cm high; a celadon ground bottle decorated with blue painted flower panels, matched glass stopper, 8cm high; a 19th century blue ground bottle painted with three rust carp, hardstone stopper, 8cm high; a 19th century famille verte bottle painted with grasshoppers, white jade stopper, 7cm high; a Tongzhi period blue painted bottle decorated with landscapes to each side, rust painted four character mark, matched jadeite stopper, 8.5cm high; together with a ceramic bottle, the borders green, the body with opposed biscuit panels, lion dog stopper, 7cm high (9)