THE DENYS COWELL COLLECTION - Session 1

A famille rose cylindrical bottle decorated with an insect among peony, 3.25ins; and an iron red porcelain bottle decorated with scrolling lotus, both

A polychrome enamelled and underglaze blue porcelain bottle decorated with five cockerels, 2.25ins (rim chip); and eight other various porcelain bottl

A jadeite bottle carved as Lui Hai's three-legged toad, 2.25ins, 19/20th century, stopper Estimate 200- 300

A spinach green jade disc-shaped bottle, lion mask ring handles, 2ins; and 9 other various jade/hardstone bottles, all 19th century, all with stoppers

An embellished jade bottle decorated with flowers and foliage, 2.5ins, 19/20th century, stopper Estimate 500- 700

An opal bottle carved with a chilong, 2.2ins, 20th century, stopper Estimate 150-200

Two coral bottles, one carved with chrysanthemums, the other with a chilong, 2.25ins x 1.75ins, 20th century, stoppers (2) Estimate 100-150

A turquoise matrix bottle of disc shape, animal mask ring handles, 2.25ins, 20th century, matching stopper Estimate 150-200

An agate bottle carved with a crab and a bird among rocks (small chip), 2.5ins, 19th century, stopper Estimate 300-500

A group of six amethyst quartz, rose quartz, malachite and sodalite bottles variously carved with boys, birds, flowers, bamboo etc, the tallest 2.5ins

An agate fruit-form bottle carved in relief with three figures in a leafy boat, 2ins, 19/20th century, carved coral stopper(see illustration) Estimate

A red and white agate (cornelian) bottle deeply carved with prunus blossom, 2.25ins; a plain cornelian lady's bottle, 1.75ins; and a cornelian c...

A mottled white, apple green and brown jadeite bottle carved on one face, in relief with a chilong, 2.5ins, early 20th century, stopper Estimate 150-2

Two lavender blue agate (chalcedony) bottles, one carved with a boy on a water buffalo and another rowing a boat, a pine tree to one side; the other c

A mottled white and grey banded agate bottle, one side carved in high relief with a lady playing the flute beside a phoenix, 2.25ins, 19/20th century.

A mottled white and grey banded agate bottle, entirely carved in relief with boys, one mounted, outside and on top of a fortified wall, 2.25ins, late

A mottled white and grey 'thumbprint' agate bottle of plain ovoid form, 2.25ins; and a well-hollowed moss agate bottle, the sides carved wit...

Two mottled grey, brown and green block agate bottles, one carved in relief with a cat and butterfly, the other in high relief with pine trees, 2.75in

A large rock crystal hexagonal bottle carved in relief using the greyish-white and reddish-brown skin with various trees and flowers, 4.25ins, 19th ce

A Canton enamel bottle decorated in colours with three sages and a boy attendant at leisure in a riverscape, two fishing beneath a pine tree (slight d

A cloisonne enamel double bottle decorated in colours on a turquoise ground with scrolling lotus, 2ins, matching stoppers; and a cloisonne enamel balu

A cloisonne enamel bottle decorated with two phoenix among scrolling flowerheads, 2.25ins, matching stopper; and a gilt filigree and enamel bottle of

Three ivory standing figural bottles, one carved as a court official holding a fan and staff, the other two of ladies, one holding a fan, the other a

An ivory polychrome table bottle carved in high relief with two birds among flowering branches, four-character seal mark (rim chip), 3.75ins, late 19t

An ivory polychrome bottle carved in relief with a lotus pond, 2.5ins, c.1900, matching stopper Estimate 250- 350

An ivory bottle carved as a cabbage, 2.25ins; and a mother of pearl bottle carved with Shoulao holding a staff and large peach, rocks and fruit on the

A plain dark honey amber bottle (crack) 2.25ins; and a honey amber lady's bottle, the sides carved with animal mask ring handles, 1.5ins, jadeit...

A fossilised wood bottle carved in relief with a bird on a flowering branch, 2.25ins; a buffalo horn bottle with ridged sides, 3.25ins; and another bo

Three red cinnabar lacquer bottles variously carved with scholars and boy attendants in garden landscapes, 2.5ins, stoppers (3) Estimate 100-150

A very large inside painted glass bottle decorated in colours with birds among flowers, foliage and rocks, 5.75ins, c.1920's/1930's, stopper...

Four snuff bottle boxes; a few spare stoppers; some wood stands; several snuff bottle catalogues (a lot) Estimate 15-25

An unusual reddish brown lacquered metal snuff bottle embellished with a lady holding a covered qin, accompanied by five children, 2ins, 19th/20th cen

A plain jasper snuff bottle, well-hollowed, the stone with mottled and striated dark green/russet brown inclusions, 2.25ins, 19th century, stopper Est

A dark chalcedony bottle carved in high relief using the reddish orange skin with flowering plum branches (slightly chipped), 1.5ins; another chalcedo

A large crystal snuff bottle carved in relief, partly using the green inclusions, with two Buddhistic lions among rocks, silver neck, 2ins; and two pl

A rock crystal snuff bottle of double gourd shape, carved in low relief on each face with a bat above a stylised shou medallion, 2.5ins; and a plain r

Three plain hair crystal snuff bottles, each with burmeline needles, one a lady's bottle, 2.5ins, 2ins and 1.75ins; and another, the sides carve...

A mottled beige and brown agate snuff bottle, carved on one face with a cat beside peony, tied books on the reverse, 2.25ins; and another, similar, ca

An unusual well-hollowed mottled grey and brown agate snuff bottle carved in shallow relief to one side with a profile bust portrait of a curly-haired