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Zentner Collection
$1,200.00 A Chinese snuff bottle carved from amethyst into a carp fish leaping over waves. The stopper is carved from light green hardstone, possibly fluorite. Provenance: Collection of Howard Kaplan.
20th century Dimensions: 3 1/4" x 1 3/4" x 3/4"
Zentner Collection
SOLD Antique Chinese rose quartz snuff bottle. Carved in a ovoid shape. With jade cabochon lid. Provenance: Collection of Howard Kaplan.
Republic Period Dimensions: Bottle 2 1/4" high (including lid 2 3/4" high)
Zentner Collection
SOLD Chinese antique snuff bottle, carved entirely from turquoise in the form of a small adorable toad. The lower body of the toad appears more green and transitions to the classic turquoise blue in the upper body and face. the stone is mottled with natural dark brown oxide veining. The small toad is carved with a smiling, open mouth with a carved turquoise stopper.
19th/20th century Dimensions: 2" L x 1 1/4" W x 3/4" H
Zentner Collection
$3,500.00 Chinese snuff bottle carved from turquoise mottled with natural dark brown veining. The front is carved in relief with a cat staring intently upwards at a nearby flying insect, surrounded by flora. The reverse is carved in relief with a bird perched on a flowering tree branch. The turquoise lidded stopper carved with lingzhi mushroom motif.
19th/20th century Dimensions: 2" W x 1" D x 2 7/8" H
Zentner Collection
$975.00 Antique Chinese snuff bottle of a flattened oval form with recessed foot, encrusted with finely crushed turquoise. The stopper has a jadeite lid with bright apple green coloration.
Dimensions: 2 1/8" x 1 1/2" x 3 6/8" Height
Helen M Edwards
$200.00 Height: 5.1 cm (2 in)
Width: 4.2 cm (1.6 in) Depth: 1.5 cm (0.6 in) Chinese jadeite snuff bottle showing a pair of carved fish; spoon broken; good condition
Helen M Edwards
$190.00 Height: 5.1 cm (2 in)
Width: 3.1 cm (1.2 in) Depth: 1.9 cm (0.7 in) Chinese agate snuff bottle with a silver and coral stopper; minor chipping to the rim; good condition
Helen M Edwards
$170.00 Height: 4.5 cm (1.8 in)
Width: 3.1 cm (1.2 in) Depth: 1.8 cm (0.7 in) Chinese agate snuff bottle with black banding; rose quartz knop; good condition
Spoils of Time
$4,400 A finely carved Suzhou school agate snuff bottle. Decoration of figures, picked out from natural colors of the stone, in landscape of hilly bluffs with overhanging pine and whispy cloud. Based on the gourd in the sash of the larger figure - possibly depicting the immortal, Le Tieguai. Nicely defined foot rim. The top rim with broad, just slightly concave surface. Very well hollowed. Height of bottle without cap, 2 5/8 inches. Height with cap, 3 1/8 inches...
Zentner Collection
$2,500.00 Antique Chinese densely rutilated quartz snuff bottle. Simply oval form with low foot. Subtle flashes of rainbow. Coral lid with bone spoon.
Provenance: Howard Capland Collection Age: Republic Period (c.1920) Dimensions: 2 5/8" high x 1 5/8' wide x 1" deep
June Hastings
$2,600.00 Early 1900s turquoise snuff bottle with a landscape scene having carved openwork and just loads of things going on. A very fine colored turquoise with a wonderful surface polish. It is presented on an equally fine earlier zitan, or similar, wood stand. Both are in excellent condition. Snuff bottle measures: Height 3.5" x Length 2.75" x Depth 1.75" On stand measures: Height 4.75 x Length 3.25” x Depth 1.75" VIDEO Available upon request.
A fine Chinese snuff bottle made from Carnelian, well hollowed. One side carved in relief with a bird on a rock beneath a bat, the backside engraved with a ruyi scepter. The stopper is made from white jadeit with a green spot and a bone spoon. Condition: the stopper eventually not original, traces of usage. Dimension: c. 6.2 cm high.
A well-hollowed Chinese snuff bottle carved from bright celadon jade. The stopper is made from a green stone with a bone spoon. The bottle needs standing help. Condition: few traces of usage. Dimension: c. 6.7 cm high.
Zentner Collection
$2,000.00 Antique Chinese snuff bottle of quartz crystal. Carved with a raised diamond pattern. With original quartz lid.
Age: c.1910-1930 Dimensions: 2 3/8" high x 1 3/8" wide x 7/8" wide A beautiful Chinese snuff bottle in pebble-form carved from white-black mottled jade. The stopper is made from coral or coral-imitating glass, with bone spoon. The flask needs standing help. Condition: few traces of usage. Dimension: c. 6.3 cm height.
Nirvana Oriental Antiques
Auction An interesting Chinese agate of two conjoined snuff bottles. The stone is translucent greyish with a few darker hints, it is very well hollowed and in excellent condition. Age: 19 C. size: 2 inches (5cm) high
Zentner Collection
$1,650.00 Antique Chinese ovoid shaped snuff bottle carved of rutilated quartz. Clear quartz crystal dense with black needles. With orange agate lid.
Late 19th Century Dimensions: 2 1/4" high (not including lid)
ESL Collection
$2600.00 A Chinese nephrite carving depicts a Lion playing with his cub (太狮少狮). Qing Dynasty. The carving is in perfect condition. Please study photos to see the jade color variance. Length: 4".
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