Antique Chinese snuff bottle in white jade with intricate carved designs and agate stopper. Chinese snuff bottles would contain powdered tobacco, which was considered remedial for common illnesses. Late 19th century.
Size: 2 1/4" tall x 1 7/8" long x 3/4" depth
A very attractive and scarce Chinese silver and wood snuffbottle, dating Qing Dynasty, 1740-1760.
The bottle with finely chased silver mounts and nice floral wood carvings in a patinated piece of Walnut tree.
Size: 8,2 cm.
Condition: Choice and intact.
Ex. Danish private Collection
This very well carved overlay glass snuff bottle is a late 19th century product. The pink over black glass snuff bottle is 3 1/2" high, 1 5/8" wide and 1" thick. It depicts 8 Buddhist symbols of good fortune around the bottle. Those 8 Buddhist symbols are Lotus Flower, Dharma Wheel, Umbrella, Fish, Conch Shell, Victory Banner, Vase and Endless Knot. It has a light green hard stone cap which is a later replacement...
Snuff bottle in white jadeite with green and brown shades. Elegantly slender shape. Beautiful silver gilt stopper set with a coral dragon sculpture. The stem is broken and the spoon is missing.
Height: 73mm
Antique Chinese porcelain snuff bottle in a glazed goldenrod yellow, with black painting of two birds perching on a branch sprouting cherry blossoms, diamond and wan symbols around the opening of the bottle, and a pink topper made of turmaline. The wan symbol is used in Asian religions such as Buddhism or Hinduism as a symbol of peace and enlightenment. 19th century
Size: 3" tall, 1" wide
Beautiful jade snuff bottle in the shape of an elongated melon with dark green jade carved in the shape of leaves and lighter jade for the body. 3" long.
Antique stone snuff bottle with detailed carvings of a two young, smiling Chinese boys, huddled around a bottle-gourd with a small bird. The bottle has a topper, carved in the shape of a flower bud. The kanji in front reads "great luck" while the back reads "four joys". 19th century
Size: 2.75" tall, 2.25" wide
This is a 19th century, flattened, Square form with rounded shoulders, Jasper Snuff Bottle. It has a design prevalent mostly in snuff bottles made during the 18th century and early 19th century. It has banded Red, orange, brown, and beige colors, and chocolate spots. It has a raised rectangular base.
The bottle comes with a glass red stopper...
Antique Chinese 5-color peking glass snuff bottle with a carved glass overlay design of deep green stems, leaves, and blades of grass with blue, red, yellow, and pink flowers. The main body is transparent glass with a jadeite stopper. From the Josephus Beard Estate, former president of IBM in Tokyo, Japan.
19th Century
Size: 2.75" height, 1.5" width
Antique Chinese blue and white porcelain snuff bottle, with deep cobalt blue patterns of pomegranates, creeping vines, flowers, and lapels on its shoulder. Lid of agate and jade. Marked on bottom. Provenance Little Rock, AK Estate.
Size: 3.25" height, 2" width
Beautifully carved transparent glass snuff bottle with prism shaped edges, a topper made of carved turquoise in an oriental design, and a carved scoop to resemble bamboo. 19th century
Size: 2.75" tall, 1.12" wide
A rare 18th/19th Century carved agate snuff bottle with, possibly later, silver and rose quartz stopper. On the stopper is inscribed the Shanghai silversmiths "Wen Yuan" who are recorded as having traded from the Jiaqing (1796-1820) reign through until the Republic period (1912- 1949). Condition - excellent - there is a shallow chip on top, next to the mouth (please view enlargement 11) no further damages and no restoration. 5cm (2inches) high; 4.8cm (1.9 inches) wide.
Chinese Qing dynasty snuff bottle, finely painted and intact except for a small chip at base. Missing stopper/lid. Height 2 and half inches.
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
Special Blue and White, 19th Century snuff bottle with hunting scenes, without spoon and stopper lid/top. Cylindrical in shape and in overall good condition. No apparent chips or cracks.
A natural amber snuff bottle carved with a Phoenix on one side with floral design and the other side with a bat and a holy man in prayer.
Size: H. 5cm. W. 3cm.
Condition: No repairs.
Antique Chinese carved jade snuff bottle. An even pale green jade carved with peaches on one side and four characters on the other. The jade is an even tone accented by two slightly diagonal striations running through. The lid is a mottled yellow glass and bronze with a bronze spoon.
Provenance: Howard Capland Collection
Age: 19th century
Dimensions: 2 1/4" high x 1 7/8" wide x 3/4" deep
A nicely carved natural amber bottle with two crane birds, one on each side with floral designs. The crane represents longevity and also a symbol of age.
Size: H. 4.5cm. W. 3.9cm. Condition: No repairs or chips.