Auction 159 Asian Art

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A set of three Chinese Peking glass overlay snuff bottles


Estimate

280 - 320


Session

8 May 2026


Description

Qing Dynasty or Republic period, 19th/20th century

The first with green emerald overlay on a translucent ground, carved with squirrels on a grapevine bearing clusters and foliage

The second with ruby-red overlay on a white milk-glass ground, carved with a central shou medallion framed by stylised bats

The third with red overlay on a translucent ground, one side carved with a horse beneath a willow, the reverse with a deer beneath a pine tree, the narrow sides with a crane holding a peach in its beak and a lingzhi fungus

With jade and jadeite stoppers

(signs of use)



三件套北京套料鼻烟壶,分别为透明地套绿料雕葡萄松鼠纹、乳白地套红料雕寿字蝙蝠纹、透明地套红料雕马柳鹿松及鹤桃灵芝纹,配玉及翡翠盖。中国,清代或民国时期,十九/二十世纪。

Height: 10 cm

Height: 8 cm

Height: 8 cm



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