Six snuff bottles
Six snuff bottles
19th century
Including three cinnabar lacquer bottles: one elaborately carved in high relief with scholars and attendants in a landscaped palace, the second a 'double-gourd' bottle, carved with a dragon striding through clouds, the third carved with 'jixiang fugui' characters surrounded by dense flowers; two lac burguaté bottles: one decorated with a rudimentary landscape reserve on each main side, the other of pear-form built on metal, decorated with iridescent flower heads and leafy scrolls; the sixth a cloisonné enameled bottle adorned with a chrysanthemum and prunus flowers.
2 1/4 to 3in (5.7 to 7.6cm) high
View it on
Sale price
Estimate
Time, Location
Auction House
Six snuff bottles
19th century
Including three cinnabar lacquer bottles: one elaborately carved in high relief with scholars and attendants in a landscaped palace, the second a 'double-gourd' bottle, carved with a dragon striding through clouds, the third carved with 'jixiang fugui' characters surrounded by dense flowers; two lac burguaté bottles: one decorated with a rudimentary landscape reserve on each main side, the other of pear-form built on metal, decorated with iridescent flower heads and leafy scrolls; the sixth a cloisonné enameled bottle adorned with a chrysanthemum and prunus flowers.
2 1/4 to 3in (5.7 to 7.6cm) high