Spring Catalogue Sale - Day One

A Chinese Amber Vase and Cover], of flattened ovoid form, with ring handles and small dragon finial, the sides with birds and monkeys in the branches

A Chinese Amber Snuff Bottle], possibly Peking workshops, with a pair of loop handles, predominantly clear and of brown tone, {6.3cm} {See illustratio

A Chinese Amber Snuff Bottle], of flattened pear form, the opaque mass carved in low relief with a continuous frieze of European flowers including but

A Chinese Amber Snuff Bottle], similar to the previous lot, though with bolder treatment, {7.8cm} (chipped neck) {See illustration} £200-400

A Chinese Amber Snuff Bottle], of flattened triangular form, carved in high relief with a figure tending a horse beneath a pine tree in which hides a

A Well-carved Chinese Amber Snuff Bottle, 18th/19th Century], conceived as five monkeys and a single bat hovering and scrambling through the fruiting

A Chinese Amber Snuff Bottle], possibly Peking workshops, of pale yellow colour, clear on one side and milky opaque on the other, {6.3cm} {See illustr

A Peking Carved Yellow Glass Water Pot], of near spherical form, the smoky egg-yolk yellow exterior carved with a low relief of two flowering branches

A Small Chinese Amber Water Coupe], boldly carved with a pair of magpies in the branches of a prunus tree cupping a shallow vessel within, {9.5cm}, wi

"The Temptation" A European Amber Carving of Eve and the Serpent beneath the Tree of Life, {7.5cm} £100-200