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Ingenious Bottles: Diversity of Style and Material in Chinese Snuff Bottles
May 27 - July 1, 2006

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  The exhibition features a private collection of Chinese snuff bottles, acquired from 1966 to 1970.  All details not noted here; for condition reports, please contact the gallery.
 

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1
Irregularly faceted amber bottle with matching stopper

Abstract motif
Probably mid-19th century
$1,500

 

Chinese snuff bottle

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

         
3
Amethyst bottle with wood stopper painted coral

Floral motif carved in raised relief
19th century
$900
 

Chinese snuff bottle

4
Translucent agate bottle with matching stopper

Motif of a flowering tree with open-carved branches
Circa mid- 19th century
$850
         

Chinese snuff bottle

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
 

Chinese snuff bottle

6
Crackle glazed porcelain bottle with green jade stopper

Miniature meiping form
19th � early 20th century
$650

         

Chinese snuff bottle

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
 

Chinese snuff bottle

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
         
 
 
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
 

Chinese snuff bottle

 

10
Flask-form red cinnabar bottle with cloisonn� stopper

Motif of a scholar with attendant boy on each side
Probably 18th century
$2,000