A RARE MOLDED PORCELAIN BOTTLE

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Snuff Bottles Pre 1837 VR: item #498607
SBK536

Qing dynasty, Jiajing period (1796-1821)

Decorated brown enamels, iron-red and gilt and modeled in the form a Buddhist Lion holding a ball in his mouth and front paws.

H: 2 7/8in (7.3cm.) excluding stopper

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AN ENAMELED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Snuff Bottles Pre 1900: item #498606
SBK537

Qing dynasty (First half of the 19th century)

Of flattened shield form decorated all-over in various colored enamels, iron-red and gilt with a design of “one-thousand flowers”. The flat base bears an apocryphal Qianlong mark, and the flared mouth is gilt.

H: 1 7/8in. (4.9cm.) ... Click for details

A TALL PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Snuff Bottles Pre 1900: item #498386
SBK538

Qing dynasty (18th / 19th century)

Of cylindrical form with flat base and flared neck, the body is decorated in undeglaze blue with a continuous scene of four horses galloping amidst waves.

H: 2 7/8in. (7.2cm.) excluding stopper

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A 'YIXING' SNUFF BOTTLE

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Snuff Bottles Pre 1900: item #498385
SBK539

Qing dynasty (first half of the 19th century)

Of pear drop form with slightly concave mouth and flat base, the brownish-red earthenware not decorated but stamped with the potter’s mark on the lower side.

H: 2 7/8in. (7.3cm.)

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AN OPENWORK PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Snuff Bottles Pre 1900: item #498384
SBK540

Qing dynasty (first half of the 19th century)

The red-enameled bottle is pierced with a dragon on one side and a phoenix on the other, on a ground of scrolling clouds forming fungus. The base bears a Jiaqing seal-mark in gilt.

H: 2 7/8in. (7.2cm.) excluding stopper... Click for details

A MALACHITE SNUFF BOTTLE

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Snuff Bottles Pre 1900: item #498377
SBK542

Qing dynasty (19th century)

Of compressed form with recessed foot and cylindrical neck, the emerald green stone suffused with various shadings of green.

H: 2 1/4in. (5.7cm.) excluding stopper

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A ‘DUAN’ STONE SNUFF BOTTLE

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Snuff Bottles Pre 1900: item #498372
SBK543

Qing dynasty (19th century)

Of flattened form with flat base and cylindrical neck, one side finely carved in low-relief with a bat resting on a branch of pine beneath a moon crescent, the reverse with characters incised.

H: 2 1/4in. (5.9cm.) excluding stopper

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AN ENAMELED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Snuff Bottles Pre 1900: item #498368
SBK545

Qing dynasty (19th century)

Molded and enameled in the form of Li Tieguai wearing a robe and holding a staff, the double-gourd forming the mouth of the bottle.

H: 2 7/8in. (7.5cm.)

Li Tieguai is one of the eight Taoist Immortals. His attribute is the gou... Click for details

AN ENAMELED PORCELAIN BOTTLE

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Snuff Bottles Pre 1900: item #498367
SBK546

Qing dynasty (19th century)

Molded in the form of a lotus leaf with two flower buds, the bottle is vibrantly enameled in green, pink and white.

L: 3in. (7.8cm.) excluding stopper

Provenance: Kenneth Greenstein... Click for details

A PALE AMETHYST SNUFF BOTTLE

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Snuff Bottles Pre 1900: item #498364
SBK547

Qing dynasty (late 18th / 19th century)

Of compressed form with concave foot, the stone is of even color and suffused with a fine cobweb-like network of flaws.

H: 2 1/8in. (5.5cm.) excluding stopper

Provenance: Kenneth Greenstein... Click for details