Antique Chinese porcelain snuff bottle in a glazed goldenrod yellow, with black painting of two birds perching on a branch sprouting cherry blossoms, diamond and wan symbols around the opening of the bottle, and a pink topper made of turmaline. The wan symbol is used in Asian religions such as Buddhism or Hinduism as a symbol of peace and enlightenment. 19th century Size: 3" tall, 1" wide

Beautiful pine-green Jade snuff bottle with a glass topper, with red "accordion" design when viewed from the top. 19th century Size: 1.75" tall, 1.5" wide

Antique Chinese snuff bottle of cylindrical shape with robin egg blue glaze. Matched with a pink agate stopper. Provenance James Coburn estate

circa 1821-1850

Size: 3.5" tall, 1.25" wide

A Qing dynasty blue and white snuff bottle not including stopper/lid. Surface is somewhat scrathed and there is some apparent staining. Please see images. Height 2 and half inches.

Chinese Qing dynasty snuff bottle, finely painted and intact except for a small chip at base. Missing stopper/lid. Height 2 and half inches.

Antique white porcelain snuff bottle with hand painting of two Chinese dragons and a topper of green agate. One dragon/serpent swims through the waves, while another flies over its head. Dragons are a symbol of good luck to the Chinese and also used to represent the emperor of China. Five claws is a symbol of elitism, while three or four claws is suitable for commonfolk. 19th century Size: 3.25" tall, 1.25" wide

Set of two Chinese snuff bottles, made of deep blue and clear peking glass. Peking glass (Tao Liao Ping) is made by dipping a main single-colored glass into glass of different colors layer by layer. Each bottle has a stopper made of blue lapis. 19th/20th century Size: approx 2.5" tall, 1.75" wide

Antique stone snuff bottle with detailed carvings of a two young, smiling Chinese boys, huddled around a bottle-gourd with a small bird. The bottle has a topper, carved in the shape of a flower bud. The kanji in front reads "great luck" while the back reads "four joys". 19th century Size: 2.75" tall, 2.25" wide

A splendid antique Chinese agate snuff bottle with a motif of a fish jumping out of the water. The carving is done where the artist used the distinct colorations of the stone emphasizing the fish. Age: 20th century Size: Length 2.25" Width 1.25" Height 0.75"

19th century
Mid - late Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with turquoise glaze & coral stopper
H: 7.7 cm, w: 5.5 cm (snuff bottle only, does not include stand)
From a Seattle private collection

A charming and finely modeled porcelain snuff bottle, with a reticulated / openwork body featuring foo dogs / guardian lions at play. The original antique stopper comes with a undyed natural red coral top and a hardwood carved spoon...

This early 20th century Famille Rose snuff bottle features hand painted chrysanthemum, cherry, rose, peony and other unknown blossoms on a white background. It is 2 3/8” high, 2 1/8” wide and 1 1/8” thick. The cap and spoon are replacements. It is in very good condition.

Snuff bottle of rectangular shape with nice beveled sides. Jade, with beautiful brown inclusions. Silver stopper with coral inlays, silver spoon. China, early 19th century. Height (without stopper): 2 11/16" (6,7 cm). Tiny chip at base, otherwise good condition. Ex. old French collection.

Very old agate snuff bottle with of beige color with nice white inclusions in some areas. Silvered bronze stopper with large turquoise inlay, copper spoon. China, early 19th century, maybe earlier. Height (without stopper): 2 6/16" (5,8 cm). Very good condition.

Very well hollowed out and beautiful moss agate snuff bottle, with a "tao tie" mask carved in relief on each side. Bronze stopper with turquoise inlays, bone spoon. China, 19th century. Height (without stopper)/ 2 1/2" (6,4 cm). Tiny chips around rim, otherwise very good condition. NOTE: this snuff bottle is so light that is is supposed to float on the surface of water...

Antique chinese jade snuff bottle with a beautiful engraving of a water bird standing amid lotus. There are bats carved on each side. The opposite face of the bottle has an inscription derived from the noted Tang Dynasty poet, Cao Song. The poem is from the Quan Tang Si collection of Chinese poetry and the poetry is five character four line verse which ends midway. The poem in approximation reads: The color of the water still reflecting, the mist gradually letting light shine in...

Beautiful jade snuff bottle in the shape of an elongated melon with dark green jade carved in the shape of leaves and lighter jade for the body. 3" long.

Antique Chinese carved Peking glass snuff bottle in a gorgeous pink color, carved with lotus leaf on one side and dragon fly with lotus pod on the other, very top area under stopper is also carved to look like a lotus pod, stopper made of rose quartz with brass, original brass spoon, Republic Period. Size: 2 5/8" high

Chinese Turquoise Elephant "太平有象" Snuff Bottle, Early 19th Century

It is 2.3 inches (6 cm) tall by 2 inches (5.1 cm) wide. It is 0.1 Lb.

It is in good condition with no repairs, or cracks, except small flea bite chips at the leaves (bottle) and the bird (stopper), and the cover maybe added at later period (as seen in the photos).

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A beautiful late 19th C. Chinese carved amber snuff bottle with twin dragon chasing each other. In excellent condition. H:3"

Description:

A fish-shaped snuff bottle was in treasurable ivory material.
Finely carved in details and adapted with a charming coral topped dipper, the snuff bottle was in perfect condition without any defects.

Date: Qing Dynasty, 19th century.

Length: 6.0cm including cap.

A lovely porcelain snuff bottle with enamelled decoration. China, second half 19th century, probably Tongzhi (1862-1875) H. 7,5 cm. Condition: excellent

A finely decorated snuffbottle with a scene of figures in an interior. Decorated in underglaze blue and red. It has a Yongzheng mark. Considering the quality of the painting and the heavy wear to the glaze, to my opinion it is of the period. Any comments and ideas are very welcome. H. 8,5 cm. Condition: excellent, with heavy age wear to the glaze.

Porcelain snuff bottle in underglaze blue and red. Yongzheng mark, but 19th century. H. 7 cm. Condition: the red parts have firing flaws.

Porcelain snuffbottle in underglaze blue and red. China, 19th century. H. 8,5 cm. Condition: excellent

A beautiful 18/19th C. blue & white Chinese snuff bottle. It has two dragons playing with a firing ball. In excellent condition except a small nick on the mouth of the bottle (pls. see photo). H: 3".

A Nice famille rose snuff bottle,decorated with moulded figure of teacher and student at the front side and chinese Description at back side.four character Guangxu mark."Guangxu nian zhi" Good conditions, no lid.5,6cm height.

A Square shape Blue Glaze Snuff Bottle with moulded happynes simbol decoration,Qing Period.Good conditions. Size: H:7,1cm W:5,8cm

Nineteenth century, very nice large and rare shape, very nice decoration, perfect condition. H : 9,6 cm.

Early Qing Dynasty. ( Excavated ) H : 6,1 cm. Condition : Perfect.

1800s

Large flatten-formed snuff bottle carved from translucent agate having various smoke-like inclusions ranging from dark brown to a light brownish-ochre. The two narrow sides are carved with a stylish mask motif with a pendant handle. A low, shallow carved foot forms the base. The stopper is a large cabochon of aventurine quartz. Few very small chips to the mouth edge from use and wear, otherwise very good condition.

Overall height: 3 ¼ inches; Width: 2 ¼ in.

A etremely rare Kanton enamelled gilt-copper European-subject snuff bottle. Qianlong mark and period ( 1736 - 1795 ). Provenance : From an old Austian Family collection, in the past sold at the famous Austrian Auction house Dorotheum and according to Dorotheum`s expert Mrs. Dr. Jorinde Ebert this rare piece at least was for the past 150 years in this family collection. The spoon is lost. H : 2,6 inc ( 6,8 cm )

The pair of early 20th century carved ivory emperor and empress snuff bottles are 2 ½ inches high, 7/8 inches wide and ½” thick. The emperor’s right hand holds a fan; his left hand carries a long staff. The empress’ right hand holds a flower; her left hand carries a round fan. The impressions on their faces are very well presented and their robes and hair pieces are nicely carved and colored. Aside from some worn pigment due to age, they are in really great shape.

Tibetan snuff bottle with wood body, with decorative silver base and shoulders. The silver work shows a bird with elaborate wing feathers and thin handles on either side of the bottle. The stopper lid is capped with coral and the spoon is also silver. The condition is very good. Bottle measures 3" x 2"

This very well designed hand carved early 20th century Chinese ivory snuff bottle of a shape of a corn is 3 ½ inches high and 1 ½ inches wide from bottom. It depicts a beetle resting on an ear of a corn. It is in great condition.

This snuff bottle is molded in the form of a wine pot which is secured in a woven basket. It is inscribed with the wine maker¡¯s name De Run Zheng and the name of the wine Zhuang Yuan Hong. The seal mark is Yong Zheng period but is considered as Tong Zhi or Guang Xu period (1862~1908). It is 3 inches tall and 1 ¾ inches at the widest part. Beside some small chips on the woven part, it is in good condition.

This rare middle or late 19th century ¡°tea dust¡± porcelain snuff bottle is 3 inches tall and 1½ inches on the widest part. The color and the shape of the body are superb. It is in excellent condition.