Fine Asian Works of Art

Two Overlay-Decorated Glass Snuff Bottles, The red overlay bottle decorated with cats, butterflies and flowering plants, with glass stopper; the other

Two Carved Red Glass Snuff Bottles, The first carved with a pair of faux beast-head handles and scroll-form stand, with glass inlaid metal stopper; th

Two Glass Snuff Bottles, The first of elongated form, the amber color glass carved with a dragon, with a lapis lazuli stopper; the second in the form

An Inside-Painted Crystal Snuff Bottle, Depicting various antiquities, flowers and fruits, with jadeite stopper, the base bearing the signature and se

An Inside-Painted Crystal Snuff Bottle, The front depicting a landscape with a dwelling in the foreground and a mountain in the background, the revers

An Inside-Painted Glass Snuff Bottle, The front with a cricket resting on a radish, marked Zhou Leyuan, the reverse with a scene with various Chinese

An Enameled Glass Snuff Bottle, Of elongated barrel form depicting butterflies and dragonflies in flight over orchids and other flowers, the base bear

Two Carved Ivory Snuff Bottles*, The first is carved marine ivory in relief of the Eighteen Luohan; the second carved elephant ivory of a crab. Talles

An Ivory Snuff Bottle*, Of slightly compressed shape with a recessed base, the front and reverse each carved in low relief with birds and trees, with

A Fine Ivory Snuff Bottle*, Of meiping shape, carved in low relief to depict a continuos landscape with a scholar straddling a donkey trailed by his a

Two Organic Material Snuff Bottles, Both carved as a melon, one marine ivory, one bone. Length: 3 inches (7.6 cm) [One stopper with broken spoon. This

A Carved Coral Snuff Bottle*, Depicitng the head of the Bodhisattva with his face shown on both sides, the coral of intense red color. Height: 2 1/4 i

A Good Amber Snuff Bottle, Carved in the rounds to depict a female along with a child surrounded by large flowers, with a green glass stopper. Height:

An Unusual Horn Snuff Bottle, Carved with a cicada to the front and a archaistic dragon to the reverse, the red bead stopper mounted with gilt metal

A Walnut-Shell Snuff Bottle, Carved in relief with numerous Luohans, with red coral stopper. Late Qing Dynasty, Height: 2 5/8 inches (6.6 cm)

A Gourd Snuff Bottle, Decorated with opposing panels with the Shou character on one and two grasshoppers on the reverse, bearing a Zhenwan mark to th

Two Snuff Bottles, The first is a cinnabar lacquered snuff bottle depicting a scholar accompanied by his attendant on both sides; the second is a carv

Three Blue and White Porcelain Snuff Bottles, The first of moonflask shape painted with two phoenixes; the second of globular shape painted with scrol

Four Enamelled Porcelain Snuff Bottles, The first depicting boys playing in a garden scene; the second depicting two bats carrying coins on a yellow g

A Reticulated Porcelain Snuff Bottle, Decorated with an erotic theme in two circular reserves, in between gilt-painted reticulated decorations of the