

A European Private Collection of Snuff Bottles (Lots 525-547)
Lot 546
FIVE WHITE AND CREAM-GLAZED SNUFF BOTTLES 19th century
12 – 19 May 2025, 12:00 BST
Online, London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,408 inc. premium
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FIVE WHITE AND CREAM-GLAZED SNUFF BOTTLES
19th century
Comprising: a sepia-decorated black ground 'Immortals' snuff bottle, stopper; an anhua-decorated white glazed snuff bottle decorated with lotus flowers and chrysanthemums accompanied by respective poetic inscriptions, matching stopper; a white glazed bottle, of short cylindrical form, with moulded dragons decoration, stopper; a moulded and carved compressed pear-shaped snuff bottle, decorated with scholars drinking and cavorting in a garden; and a white crackle glazed snuff bottle, stopper.
The tallest bottle and stopper 8cm (3 1/8in) high. (10).
Comprising: a sepia-decorated black ground 'Immortals' snuff bottle, stopper; an anhua-decorated white glazed snuff bottle decorated with lotus flowers and chrysanthemums accompanied by respective poetic inscriptions, matching stopper; a white glazed bottle, of short cylindrical form, with moulded dragons decoration, stopper; a moulded and carved compressed pear-shaped snuff bottle, decorated with scholars drinking and cavorting in a garden; and a white crackle glazed snuff bottle, stopper.
The tallest bottle and stopper 8cm (3 1/8in) high. (10).
Footnotes
十九世紀 白釉鼻煙壺一組五件
「秋菊有佳色」「惟有荷花別樣紅偶綠」款