Asian Art II - 21st May 2025
Lot 622
λ FIVE CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES
Estimate £400 - £600
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Description
λ FIVE CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES
QING DYNASTY
6.2cm max. (5)
Three bottles with copies of 1963 invoices for Moon Gate, Dunt King and The Little Shop.
Comprising: two Yixing bottles shaped as a fruit stone and a peanut, both with a seal mark for Chen Cui Tun and one with a wood stand; a third aventurine; another bamboo shaped like a gourd; the fifth mother of pearl depicting Magu, with a four-character Qianlong mark to the base.
From an English private collection, the aventurine bottle with a copy of an invoice for Moon Gate, dated 18th June 1963, the mother of pearl bottle with a copy of an invoice for Dunt King, dated 28th September 1963, the two Yixing bottles with a copy of an invoice for The Little Shop, dated 3rd January 1963.