Lot Details
Lot 305
Group of Six Chinese Snuff Bottles
Qing Dynasty and later
Comprising a spinach green jade of rounded form gilt with a scene depicting a lady playing the qin seated beside trees and rockwork, the reverse with an inscription; a celadon jade bottle carved in the form of a double gourd issuing curling tendrils and bearing further double gourds, the stone an even tone; a metal mounted celadon jade bottle with round discs centered by a raised malachite bead, the frame inlayed with coral and turquoise beading; an agate of rounded rectangular form with pale gray cloud like inclusions; an agate bottle of baluster form carved with fluted panels below a petal band at the neck, the grayish stone with chestnut inclusions; and an agate example of flattened ovoid form raised on an oval foot, the stone with dark brown, gray and chestnut abstract markings. Height of tallest 3 1/4 inches.
C Estate of Mary Ann Bresee
Additional Notes & Condition Report
jade gourd: small chip to mouth rim, fracture to one area of vine.
Metal mounted jade: mounting with missing beads and wear.
Large agate: small chips to mouth rim.
Fluted agate: minute chips to mouth and foot rims.
Agate with brown markings: good condition.
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