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Auction House:Leonard Joel Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:337
Sale Title:Decorative ArtsLots with images:336
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:176
Date:7-May-2018
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A Chinese mother of pearl and hardstone overlaid snuff bottle, of slim proportions, decorated with peonies and butterfly to one side and a Chinese beauty on the other, surmounted by a coral stopper with a bone spoon. Four character spurious Qianlong mark to base, 7 cm high, 4.5 cm at widest point, 1 cm deep (repairs visible to the top- remains of old adhsesive)
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A Chinese root wood snuff bottle 19th century, of classical vase form, with double lion mask handles, with a stone stopper with a bone spoon, 6.8 cm high, 3.5 cm wide, 3 cm deep
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A Chinese spinach jade snuff bottle, decorated with scrolling lotus, above a green stone stoppper, 6.8 cm high, 5.2 cm wide, 2 cm deep
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A Chinese apple green jadeite snuff bottle late Qing Dynasty, undecorated but well polished, with apple green inclusions, with a silver mounted spoon, 6.4 cm high, 4.2 cm wide, 2.5 cm deep
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A Chinese porcelain snuff bottle, decorated in underglazed copper red, with a boy on a water buffalo, 9.1 cm high, 2.8 cm wide
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Two Chinese overlaid Peking glass snuff bottles, one decorated with a dog and parrot, the other with dragon and phoenix, 7.5 cm & 6.8 cm high respectively
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A Rutilated quartz snuff bottle Qing Dynasty, of miniature proportions, well hollowed, showing black rutile inclusions in a clear quartz matrix, 4.1 cm high, 2.5 cm wide, 1.5 cm deep
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A white jade snuff bottle early 20th century, of classic form, carved with two lion mask handles, with a hard stone stopper. 5.7 cm high, 4.5 cm wide, 2.5 cm deep
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A group of three Chinese porcelain snuff bottles late Qing Dynasty, one of cylindrical form with underglazed blue decoration, another of cylindrical form with underglazed blue and copper red decoration, the other of pouch form with underglazed blue landscape decoration. Respective heights of 8.3 cm, 8.7 cm and 7.3 cm.
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A group of three Chinese hardstone snuff Botttles, one of ribbed cylindrical form in jade, another in dark smoky quartz with lion mask handles, and the third in agate. Respective heights of 6.9 cm, 6.7 cm and 6.2 cm
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A group of two hardstone Chinese snuff bottles, one of a green hardstone carved with squirrels and grapes, the other of lazulite carved with pine tree and a horse. Respective heights of 8.5 cm and 7 cm
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A group of three Chinese porcelain snuff bottles late Qing Dynasty, one cylindrical with a crackle glaze, another with a blue glaze, and the last of eggplant form in blue and white. Respective heights of 8.8 cm, 7.5 cm and 7 cm
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A group of three carved Peking glass snuff bottles, one of ruby glass, one with green overlay, and the third with red overlaid on a green ground. Respective heights of 7.2 cm, 7.8 cm and 6.8 cm
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A group of two Chinese porcelain snuff bottles 19th/20th century, one of cylindrical form decorated with a dragon in underglazed blue and copper red, the other with famille rose decoration with figures in landscape. Respective heights of 9 cm and 8 cm
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A group of five blue overlay Peking glass snuff bottles, one decorated with horses, one decorated with precious objects, one decorated with deer and monkey, another with abstract decoration, the last with dragon and phoenix decoration. All in blue overlay over speckled white or pure white backgrounds, with respective heights of 7.1 cm, 7.3 cm, 6.5 cm, 7.4 cm and 6.6 cm
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A group of two Chinese inside painted glass snuff bottles 20th century, one painted with boys and bamboo, the other with wolves resting under trees, both signed. One is 9.2 cm high, the other 7.8 cm high.
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A group of three Chinese inside painted snuff bottles 20th century, one decorated with immortals, the other two with scholars. with heights of 8 cm, 7.2 cm and 7.4 cm, respectively.
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A group of four Chinese inside painted glass snuff bottles 20th century, all decorated with figures of animals in landscape. with respective heights of 7.8 cm, 7.6 cm, 7.5 cm and 5.4 cm
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A group of two carved Peking glass snuff bottles 19th/20th century, one of clear glass with carved decoration of sacred fungus and bamboo, the other in pale clear green glass decorated on each side with qilong. the first 5.2 cm high, 2.8 cm wide, 2 cm deep, the other 4.2 cm high, 2.9 cm wide, 1.2 cm deep
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