Asian Decorative Arts and Jewellery
Online-Only Auction, 6 - 13 May 2019
Asian Works of Art
Lot Estimate
ZAR 12 000 - 14 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 14 070
About this Item
A Chinese overlay and inside painted glass snuff bottle, Qing Dynasty, late 19th/early 20th century
of tapering ovoid form, the shoulders carved in red glass with lion-and-ring handles, the front and reverse with double gourd motif, internally painted with vignettes of landscapes, a vase of flowers and a grasshopper feasting on a leaf, raised on a low red foot, 7,2cm high including stopper; a Chinese overlay and inside painted glass snuff bottle, Qing Dynasty, late 19th/early 20th century, of flattened circular form, the shoulders carved in green glass with lion-and-ring handles, the front and reverse inside painted with landscape and blossom, the rim and foot moulded with green glass, 5,7cm high including stopper; a Chinese blue glass inside painted snuff bottle, Qing Dynasty, 20th century, of flattened pear-shaped form, painted with ten boys at various pursuits, raised on a low oval foot, 9cm high including stopper; and a Chinese glass inside painted snuff bottle, late Qing Dynasty, of flattened rectangular form, the shoulders carved with stylised lion-and-ring handles, raised on a low spreading foot, the front and reverse with a mountainous landscape, buildings and figures in a boat, 8,5cm high including stopper
* This lot is not suitable for export
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