Chinese Snuff Bottles: Thomson Collection
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Ivory, carved with three Daoist immortals
Base incised with Qianlong mark 1736-95
6.3 x 5.1 x 2.5cm,
(2½ x 2 x 1 ins)
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Glass, Imperial yellow carved with dragons and scrolls
Qianlong period, 1736-95
5.9 x 4.1 x 2.8 cm
(2⅓ x 1⅝ x 1⅛ ins)
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Amber, carved with Meng Haoran (689-740) and his attendant
1780-1850
5.9 x 5.1 x 2.8 cm
(2⅓ x 2 x 1⅛ ins)
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Hornbill, carved with a sage whose attendant carries his lute
1821-50
6.3 x 5.4 x 1.8 cm
(2½ x 2⅛ x ¾ ins)
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Hornbill, carved with a writhing dragon
1800-50
6.3 x 5.3 x 1.7 cm
(2½ x 2 x ⅔ ins)
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Porcelain, moulded and painted in famille rose colours with a reclining lady
1780-1820
3.8 x 8.6 x 3 cm
(1½ x 3⅜ x 11/6 ins)
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Porcelain, moulded and painted in famille rose colours with a young boy
1780-1820
5.8 x 2.2 x 2.3 cm
(2¼ x ⅝ x ⅞ ins)
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Jadeite, of a pale lavender colour, carved with basket weave pattern
1780-1850
6 x 5 x 3.3 cm
(2⅓ x 2 x 1⅓ ins)
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Jadeite, of mottled green colour
1780-1850
6.2 x 4 x 1.9 cm
(2½ x 1½ x ¾ ins)
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Puddingstone, the quartz pebbles suspended in a chert matrix
1780-1850
5.3 x 4.6 x 2.7 cm
(2 x 1¾ x 1 ins)
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Rock crystal, painted inside with an aquatic scene
Signed and dated by the artist Ye Zhongsan, 1910
6 x 3.4 x 1.6 cm
(2⅓ x 1⅓ x ⅔ ins)
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Glass, painted inside with a bear
Signed and inscribed by the artist
Ma Shaoxuan, c. 1910
6.3 x 4 x 1.9 cm
(2½ x 1½ x ¾ ins)
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