Chinese Qing Dynasty agate snuff bottle and stopper, well hollowed, one side carved in high relief with a scholar seated under a pine tree, the other side incised with poetic calligraphy, the base incised with gilt Qianlong four character seal mark,…
A collection of Chinese soapstone seals comprising of a large seal, height 9 cm, a dove and two wave riding koi fish as well as an etched agate piece another of a monkey riding a horse,
A green-overlay white glass snuff bottle, probably late Qing dynasty finely carved with a continuous pattern of flowering convolvulus, carved four character seal mark to the shoulder, agate stopper
A 19th century Chinese porcelain snuff bottle, decorated in famille rose enamels with Mandarin figures, warriors and courtesans, flattened circular shape with cabochon agate stopper with silver ferrule. Six character Daoguang (1821-1850) seal mark under…
An antique silver chick head handle wax seal, the red agate seal with script engraved initials. Provenance: The Flower Family Collection. Height 2.9 cm
Fine Chinese carved agate snuff bottle carved with scholar and geese under tree with incised red seal and gold seal coral gilt metal stopper 8.3 cm high
Good Chinese enamelled glass snuff bottle finely painted with five boys playing, signed with three red seals calligraphy with agate stopper blue marks to base, measures 5.7 cm high
A Chinese Peking glass snuff bottle, late Qing Dynasty, late 19th to early 20th century, of ovoid form in multiple mixed colours and copper inclusions over a semi translucent blood red body and depicting 'Bubble eye' goldfish; with a seal in cartouche to…
A Chinese Peking glass snuff bottle, late Qing Dynasty, late 19th to early 20th century, of ovoid form and in opaque green and carved with birds in a water landscape, with a blood red agate and brass stopper; with carved seal to body and characters…
A pair of Chinese agate seals, in cream and ochre agate, the plinth style seals surmounted with pierced and carved grimacing lion dogs, each with its front paw on a ball. Height 8 cm
A group of fourteen Chinese semi precious stones and seals, including a group of seals in various russet and amber tonings, some plain, some figural, two agate bead ornaments, pieces of turquoise, lapis lazuli, and malachite and one petite pierced timber…
A Chinese Peking glass snuff bottle, late Qing Dynasty, late 19th to early 20th century, of cushion shape and in translucent cobalt over clear glass and depicting a scene of a wise man talking to a child to one face, and the same wise figure beneath a…
An agate snuff bottle with carnelian stopper and emerald finial low relief carving to front depicting mythical beasts verso calligraphy incised and rubbed with gold Qianlong seal incised and rubbed with gold to base together with a carved amber snuff…