AN ENAMELED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE

Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Ceramic Pre 1900: item #498606
SBK537

Qing dynasty (First half of the 19th century)

Of flattened shield form decorated all-over in various colored enamels, iron-red and gilt with a design of “one-thousand flowers”. The flat base bears an apocryphal Qianlong mark, and the flared mouth is gilt.

H: 1 7/8in. (4.9cm.) ... Click for details

A TALL PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE

Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Ceramic Pre 1900: item #498386
SBK538

Qing dynasty (18th / 19th century)

Of cylindrical form with flat base and flared neck, the body is decorated in undeglaze blue with a continuous scene of four horses galloping amidst waves.

H: 2 7/8in. (7.2cm.) excluding stopper

Provenance: Kenneth Gre... Click for details

A 'YIXING' SNUFF BOTTLE

Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Ceramic Pre 1900: item #498385
SBK539

Qing dynasty (first half of the 19th century)

Of pear drop form with slightly concave mouth and flat base, the brownish-red earthenware not decorated but stamped with the potter’s mark on the lower side.

H: 2 7/8in. (7.3cm.)

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AN OPENWORK PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE

Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Ceramic Pre 1900: item #498384
SBK540

Qing dynasty (first half of the 19th century)

The red-enameled bottle is pierced with a dragon on one side and a phoenix on the other, on a ground of scrolling clouds forming fungus. The base bears a Jiaqing seal-mark in gilt.

H: 2 7/8in. (7.2cm.) excluding stopper... Click for details

AN ENAMELED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE

Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Ceramic Pre 1900: item #498368
SBK545

Qing dynasty (19th century)

Molded and enameled in the form of Li Tieguai wearing a robe and holding a staff, the double-gourd forming the mouth of the bottle.

H: 2 7/8in. (7.5cm.)

Li Tieguai is one of the eight Taoist Immortals. His attribute is the gou... Click for details

AN ENAMELED PORCELAIN BOTTLE

Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Ceramic Pre 1900: item #498367
SBK546

Qing dynasty (19th century)

Molded in the form of a lotus leaf with two flower buds, the bottle is vibrantly enameled in green, pink and white.

L: 3in. (7.8cm.) excluding stopper

Provenance: Kenneth Greenstein... Click for details

Antique snuff bottle - scenic Tongzhi mark period

Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Ceramic Pre 1900: item #451796
snuffTongz

An antique Tonghzi mark porcelain snuff bottle with fishermen in famille rose paintings and foo lion (dog) handles. Wonderful miniature expressive figures. Fun horizontal form with pearl finial top and nice composite spoon neatly done. Late 19th century and of the period.

2.5" wide and 2.25" high. Very good condition with no cracks lines or repairs. Slight wear to enamel.

19th c. Daoguang Tonzhi BW snuff bottle- Monkey King

Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Ceramic Pre 1900: item #439179
Snuffmonke

Fine Daoguan Tongzhi period blue and white cylindrical snuff bottle with a delicately painted monkey riding a galloping horse; a scene of the Monkey King from the Tales of the Western Journey. An older 19th century snuff bottle with rolled mouth rim with a circle and circles both outside and inside the footrim. Excellent quality biscuit and glaze. Nice shaped green top with finial.

2.5" high and 1" diameter. Ver... Click for details

Daoguang Snuff Bottle- underglaze red figure- ivory top

Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Ceramic Pre 1900: item #437172
SnuffRed1

A fine antique snuff bottle in tapered cylindrical form with underglazed copper red figure and blue rings. High quality porcelain and glaze. Underglazed blue ring or circle at the rolled rim and just above the foot. Also an ivory top with a long bone spoon. Early 19th century Qing era.

3.5" high to finial top. Porcelain in very good condition with slight roughness at footrim but no chips. A nice unusual antique b... Click for details

Chinese Blue White Figural Snuff Bottle w Donkey, Groom

Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Ceramic Pre 1900: item #420465
SnBWhrse

A fine example of the high quality which can be achieved in blue and white snuff bottles. Fun decoration of a "hu-ren" (tribal man) groom presenting a donkey to a couple of Chinese in Ming dynasty garb. Wonderful expression on the groom and the donkey. Fine porcelain biscuit. Mark of Yongzhen but 19th century for sure. Nice carnelian top of good color and translucency. Very nice detail.

3.3" high and nice bombe ... Click for details