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18TH/19TH CENTURY
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FIVE SNUFF BOTTLES
18TH/19TH CENTURY
The first is a xi hu shui glass bottle of tapering faceted octagonal shape, the glass is an attractive olive tone. The second is an apple-green jadeite bottle carved with a dragonfly and a crab on a basket-weave ground. The third is a rounded jade bottle; and two further bottles.
The largest 2½ in. (6.3 cm.) high, stoppers (5)
18TH/19TH CENTURY
The first is a xi hu shui glass bottle of tapering faceted octagonal shape, the glass is an attractive olive tone. The second is an apple-green jadeite bottle carved with a dragonfly and a crab on a basket-weave ground. The third is a rounded jade bottle; and two further bottles.
The largest 2½ in. (6.3 cm.) high, stoppers (5)
Provenance
The Chris Bennett collection.
The first bottle, sold at Christie's South Kensington, 4 October 1999, Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Gerry P. Mack Collection, lot 162
The first bottle, sold at Christie's South Kensington, 4 October 1999, Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Gerry P. Mack Collection, lot 162
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