Asian Decorative Arts and Jewellery

Online-Only Auction, 6 - 13 May 2019

Asian Works of Art

Sold for

ZAR 10 553
Lot 84
  • A Chinese famille-rose and cracked ice turquoise ground porcelain snuff bottle, late Qing Dynasty


Lot Estimate
ZAR 9 000 - 12 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 10 553

About this Item

A Chinese famille-rose and cracked ice turquoise ground porcelain snuff bottle, late Qing Dynasty

of waisted vase form, moulded in relief with a shaped panel of figures in a landscape, the shoulders against a cracked ice ground with lion-mask-and-ring handles, raised on a low foot, repaired, the snuff spoon is broken, four-character iron-red mark, 5,3cm high including stopper; a Chinese porcelain snuff bottle, 20th century, of ovoid flattened form, the front and reverse moulded with a white-glazed panel painted with a butterfly and a grasshopper respectively, enclosed by a black ground heightened with peaches, calabashes and foliage, lacking snuff spoon, 7cm high including stopper; a Chinese cloisonné enamel snuff bottle, 20th century, of ovoid flattened form, the front and reverse depicting a deer before a mountainous landscape with a pine tree and foliage within a shaped cartouche, enclosed by a black ground heightened with flowerheads, stylised ruyi border to the neck, raised on a foot with a lappet border, wear to the enamel, 6,5cm high including stopper; and a Chinese yellow and black-glazed porcelain snuff bottle, 20th century, of flattened rectangular form, the front depicting a fisherman, the reverse with a pair of birds, one on a prunus blossom branch, the other on a rocky outcrop, against a yellow ground, later stopper, chip to the body, black four-character mark, 7cm high including stopper

*This lot is not suitable for export

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