Lot 119
A collection of Chinese hardstone snuff bottles
Auction: 24 January 2009 at 10:00 GMT
Description
comprising: a cameo agate bottle, School of Zhiting, of flattened oval form, decorated with pale grey stone carvings of flowers, a cockerel, tortoise and butterfly, 6.5cm high; a flattened low relief carved agate bottle with brown inclusions, decorated with flowers and animals, jadeite stopper, 7cm high; a mottled brown agate bottle relief carved with a monkey and a flowering branch, jadeite stopper, 7cm high; an incised agate bottle, decorated with peony blossom, hardstone stopper, 6cm high; a green agate bottle relief carved with flowers and mask handles, hardstone stopper, 7.5cm high; a large smoky agate bottle carved with figures in a landscape, agate stopper, 7.5cm high; and a mottled green hardstone bottle low relief carved animal decoration, agate stopper, 7cm high (7)