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exhibitions > recent: Ingenious Bottles: Diversity of Style and Material in Chinese Snuff Bottles
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1 Irregularly faceted amber bottle with matching stopper Abstract motif Probably mid-19th century $1,500  |
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2 Figural double ivory bottle Carved as a study of two elongated vegetables with worms and a butterfly Probably late 19th to early 20th century $1,500 | |
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3 Amethyst bottle with wood stopper painted coral Floral motif carved in raised relief 19th century $900 |
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4 Translucent agate bottle with matching stopper Motif of a flowering tree with open-carved branches Circa mid- 19th century $850 | |
| 5 Figural bottle of orange coral with white streaks and matching stopper Carved in the form of a Taoist worthy, the stopper as a bird, perched on his head 19th century $2,200 |
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6 Crackle glazed porcelain bottle with green jade stopper Miniature meiping form 19th - early 20th century $650 | ||
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7 Smokey rock crystal figural oval bottle with matching stopper Motif of fruit-form carved with butterfly and tendrils and leaf form stopper Probably 19th century $900 |
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8 Compressed pear form mutton fat jade bottle with red stone stopper Motif of animal-mask and fixed ring handles at the shoulders 18th century $2,500 | |
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9 Flask-form bottle with carved jade panels in silver set with coral and turquoise Motif of Chih lungs in high relief Sino-Mongolian, circa 18th century From Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 1966 $3,500 |
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10 Flask-form red cinnabar bottle with cloisonne stopper Motif of a scholar with attendant boy on each side Probably 18th century $2,000
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