Yan Yutian's Bird and Flower Snuff Bottle
Chinese inside painted snuff bottle, signed Yan Yutian (c. 1888-1918), decorated with vividly coloured birds and flowers. Height 7.3 cm
Qianlong Seal Mark Yixing Purple Sand Snuff Bottle
A Yixing, purple Sand snuff bottle of rounded form, impressed Qianlong seal mark to base, a recessed panel front & back painted in slip with a landscape, green glass stopper with metal rim, height 7 cm. Provenance: private South African collection
Chinese Glass Snuff Bottles with Nature Motifs
Two Chinese glass snuff bottles, 19th/20th century, one inside painted with pine tree & red crested cranes, the other with an agate palette of irregular streaks, 2]. Provenance: private South African collection, 7.5 & 7 cm
Inside Painted Snuff Bottle with Warlord Scenes
An inside painted snuff bottle with hardstone stopper 2OTH century, / possibly signed Kwan Ping, hand painted with warlord scenes to front and verso signed front and verso 8 cm high
Double-Sided Figure Landscape Inside-Painted Glass Snuff Bottle
An inside-painted glass snuff bottle decorated to both sides with a figure in a landscape scene, signed and inscribed to both sides
Enamel Snuff Bottle, Late Qing Dynasty
A Chinese ceramic snuff bottle of painted enamel decoration, Late Qing Dynasty 8 cm. Provenance: Purchased at Nan Chang Museum in the late 1980s and early 1990s in China
Meiji Ivory Sumo Snuff Bottle
A signed antique Japanese ivory snuff bottle, Meiji period, 1868-1912, finely crafted as a small sumo figure riding upon the back of a fish amidst a water garden with other creatures and aquatic plants, inked and with colours, signed underside, height 6.5…
Painted Beauties: Interior Snuff Bottle Scenes
Large interior painted snuff bottle scenes of beautiful woman
1970 Moshi Chinese Glass Snuff Bottle with Provenance
A Chinese inside-painted glass snuff bottle, Signed Moshi, Dated 1970 8.5 cm. Provenance: Purchased at Lawson's in the late 1980s and early 1990s in Australia
Signed Chinese Hornbill Snuff Bottle, Carved Design
A Chinese carved hornbill snuff bottle, signed to the side and inscribed to base. Height 8.5 cm
Signed Chinese Carved Snuff Bottles - Pair
Two various Chinese carved snuff bottles. Both signed to base. Height 7 cm. (average)
Inside Painted Glass Snuff Bottles with Signatures, 1925
Two inside painted glass snuff bottles, one bears signature Ma Shaoxuan, Summer, dated 1925, a landscape on the front & a Tang poem on the reverse, the round flattened bottle bears signature, Ding Er Zhong, Beijing, Autumn, height 6 - 6.2 cm. Provenance:…
Enamel Snuff Bottles with European Girl Paintings
Two enamel snuff bottles, painted with young European girls on front & reverse, four character mark to base, 19th/20th century, the flattened elongated shape has a landscape on the reverse [2], height 6.3, & 7.2 cm. Provenance: private South African…
Exotic Bird and Fruit Painted Glass Snuff Bottles
Two interior painted glass snuff bottles fruits and exotic birds
Gilt Glass Snuff Bottles with Exotic Animal Paintings
Two interior painted glass snuff bottles exotic animals on entire gilt ground
Painted Snuff Bottle Portraits and Botanicals
Two interior painted snuff bottles showing portraits, calligraphy and botanicals
Chinese Inside-Painted Snuff Bottles (Pair)
Two Chinese inside-painted snuff bottles, Painted in 1997 and 2007, 8.2 cm high, 8.5 cm high (2). Provenance: NSW Private Collection
Floral enamelled glass snuff bottle, black ground with bright flowers signed by the artist
Chinese Peking Glass Snuff Bottles, c.1900
Two Chinese Peking glass snuff bottles c.1900 (i) green colour with inside painted mythical dragon, height 6.2 cm (II) blue overlay glass bottle, height 6.5 cm
Oriental Ivory Snuff Bottle with Carved Village Scene
Antique oriental carved ivory snuff bottle, with village scene, signed to base, 8.5 cm high. Provenance: Finey collection, Sydney
1920's Nobleman Ivory Snuff Bottle
A painted 1920's ivory snuff bottle, in the form of a nobleman. 7.5 cm high. Purchased: Lammert Bros, Auctioneers, Hong Kong, 1/5/75
Chinese Glass Snuff Bottle with Landscape Scenes
A Chinese overlaid glass and inside painted snuff bottle, late Qing Dynasty/ early 20th century. a cushion-shaped bottle overlaid in carved aubergine to clear glass, Shou characters to the sides and with clear reserves inside painted with dramatic…
Enamel Snuff Bottles with Birds and Flowers
Two enamel painted snuff bottles, with four character Qianlong mark to base, painted on front & reverse with eight quails standing, feeding & flying, beneath a collar of ruyi, the other with a golden pheasant in a peony garden [2], height 5.5 & 6.5 cm.…
Scholar and Lady Inside Painted Snuff Bottle
An inside painted snuff bottle with hardstone stopper 2OTH century, / signed hand painted with scene of scholar to front and court lady to verso signed front and verso 8 cm high
Qianlong Conjoined Fish Snuff Bottle
A Chinese painted ceramic 'conjoined fish' snuff bottle, Qianlong four-character mark, 7.5 cm high. Provenance: Singapore private collection
1973 Chinese Hunting Glass Snuff Bottle
A Chinese inside-painted 'hunting' glass snuff bottles, Dated 1973 8.2 cm. Provenance: Purchased at. Y.F. Yang & Company in the late 1980s and early 1990s in Hong Kong '. Y.F. Yang & Company
Famille Rose Rooster Snuff Bottle
19th century Chinese famille rose porcelain snuff bottle, painted with roosters. Provenance: from a private collection. Height 7.5 cm
Chinese Ivory Snuff Bottle with Garden Terrace Carvings
Antique Chinese carved ivory snuff bottle carved with figures in garden terrace signed to base, measures 7.5 cm high
Chinese Inside Painted Snuff Bottle with Cranes
Large Chinese inside painted snuff bottle, signed Ding Erzhong (1865-1935) and dated 1903, depicting craned amongst plants. Height 8 cm
Peking Glass Dragon Snuff Bottle
A Chinese Peking glass snuff bottle, late Qing Dynasty, late 19th century, the ovoid cushion shaped bottle overlaid clear red on opaque yellow and carved with dragons to both faces and with an orange agate and rope embellished brass stopper; signed…
Chinese Grasshopper Inside Painted Snuff Bottle
Chinese inside painted snuff bottle, painted to each side with a grasshopper in an outdoor landscape, with calligraphy to upper corners, mark to base, with clear stopper, height 8 cm
Chinese Snuff Bottle Collection - 12 Pieces
A collection of twelve Chinese snuff bottles, mid to late 20th century comprising two double barrel snuff bottles, glass reverse painted, enamel painted ceramic, carved white jade, carved stone, engraved glass, all unmarked, most missing their stoppers.…
Enamel Painted Glass Snuff Bottle with Peonies and Bird
Chinese enamel painted glass snuff bottle, of pilgrim form, with twin mask handles, decorated to one side with peonies by a rocky outcrop and to the other side with bird on a blossoming branch, in tones of green, brown, pink and blue, incised mark to base…
Porcelain Snuff Bottles: Glazed & Hand-Painted Imagery
Three porcelain snuff bottles of varying shapes, each glazed or hand painted with Imagery including celadon, the Tallest 9 cm high
Porcelain Snuff Bottle with Hand-Painted Landscape and Figures
A moulded porcelain snuff bottle with wooden stopper depicting multiple figures in the landscape hand painted 7.5 cm high
Inside-Painted Glass Snuff Bottle by Yun Chuan
An inside-painted glass snuff bottle by Yun Chuan, 'One Bottle Studio' 2nd half 20th century decorated with a continuous scene from the 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms' depicting Kuang Chung-yen, father-in-law of the hermit Ju-Gur Liang, riding his donkey…
Ivory Snuff Bottle with Pond and Waterfowl Carvings
Large signed ivory snuff bottle carved with pond and waterfowl
Ivory Snuff Bottle with Bird Scene and Calligraphy
Miniature ivory snuff bottle with bird scene and calligraphy to back, signed red seal
Assorted Chinese Snuff Bottles (9)
Nine various Chinese snuff bottles including a ceramic example with yellow ground and fruiting vine, two metal examples, an enamelled bottle and five other ceramic ones, variously signed. (9)
Signed Oriental Grasshopper Hand-Painted Snuff Bottle
Oriental reverse hand painted glass snuff bottle depicting grass hoppers on leaves (signed by the artist)
Chinese Doucai Snuff Bottle with Garden Terrace Scene
Antique Chinese porcelain doucai snuff bottle painted with pair of men playing board game in garden terrace reign mark to base, measures 9.5 cm high
Yan Yutian Inside Painted Snuff Bottle
Chinese inside painted snuff bottle, signed Yan Yutian (c. 1888-1918), decorated with a child on an elephant and lines of calligraphy on a gilt ground. Height 7 cm
Ye Zhongsan Inside Painted Snuff Bottle for Lan Ping
Chinese inside painted snuff bottle, signed Ye Zhongsan (1869-1945) and dated 1932, dedicated to Lan Ping (stage name of Jiang Qing, Mao Zedong?s wife). Height 7.5 cm
Autumnal Insect and Cabbage Scene
Large Chinese inside painted snuff bottle, signed Ye Zhongsan (1869-1945), dated to autumn 1903, depicting insects and cabbages. Height 7.2 cm
Chinese Inside Painted Snuff Bottle with Deer Landscape
Antique Chinese inside painted snuff bottle 8.8 cm finely painted with deer in landscape and signed
Chinese Glass Snuff Bottle & Japanese Ivory Box
A Chinese inside painted glass snuff bottle, 'yaojiang huayuan' mark, early 20th century, with wooden box, 8 cm high, together with a Japanese rounded ivory box, 20th century, 6.5 cm diameter
Hand-Painted Chinese Valley Scene Snuff Bottle
A large Chinese hand painted snuff bottle featuring valley scenes, height 9 cm
Painted Snuff Bottles with Rooster and Squirrels
Inside painted snuff bottles (2) one painted with rooster and calligraphy the other with squirrels in vegetable basket. Condition: good, some wear to paint no major damage height 1) 8 cm height 2) 7 cm
Chinese Glass Snuff Bottles with Painted Scenes and Butterflies
Three various Chinese glass snuff bottles, one inside painted with a young woman and small bird, the second with mountaineous scene, the third a miniature pendant bottle with butterflies, signed. Tallest 7.5 cm. (3)
Chinese blue and white porcelain snuff bottle. Hand painted with pagoda houses in a landscape. Green jade stopper. Provenance: Collection of Mr A.G.C Williamson. Purchased from moon gate Asian Antiques and Art on Orchard Road Singapore in the early 1970s
Yellow Glass Landscape Snuff Bottle with Qianlong Mark
A Chinese painted opaque yellow glass 'landscape' snuff bottle, Qianlong four-character mark, 4.7 cm high. Provenance: Singapore private collection
Chinese Inside Painted Glass Snuff Bottles, 1989
Four Chinese inside painted glass snuff bottles, Jiang Chuang, dated 1989 8.3 cm (4). Provenance: Purchased at. Y.F. Yang & Company in the late 1980s and early 1990s
Qing porcelain snuff bottle with dragon and Qianlong mark
A Chinese Qing porcelain snuff bottle. Painted with dragon amongst clouds, Qianlong mark to base, remnants of wax seal, 11 cm high. Provenance: by descent. Private Collection Sydney
Gilded Porcelain Snuff Bottle, Signed - Rare Find!
Rare gilded porcelain snuff bottle signed, approx 8.5 cm high
Antique Royal Coat of Arms Snuff Pot
Antique pottery snuff lidded pot, with applied Royal Coat of Arms, later painted label, 19 cm high
Emperor Ivory Snuff Bottle
Chinese carved ivory emperor form snuff bottle early carved and painted ivory snuff bottle, depicting a standing emperor, with head forming handle for the snuff spoon, height 6.5 cm.
Chinese Erotic Inside-Painted Snuff Bottle by Ding Erzhong (1916)
Chinese inside painted cut glass snuff bottle, signed Ding Erzhong (1865-1935), dated 1916, painted in grisaille with erotic scenes to the front and verso. Height 8 cm
Large Inside-Painted Amber Glass Snuff Bottle with Carved Stand
Chinese inside painted large amber glass snuff bottle inside painted glass on a carved stand. 13 cm
Enamelled Glass Snuff Bottle with Bird and Flowers
Chinese enamelled glass snuff bottle 7.5 cm high finely painted with bird and flowers
Chinese Enamelled Grasshopper Snuff Bottle with Coral Stopper
Chinese enamelled gilt metal snuff bottle 6.3 cm high with two finely painted enamel panels of grasshoppers with fruit signed gilt metal coral stopper
Buddhist Peking Glass Snuff Bottle, Qing Dynasty
A Chinese Peking glass snuff bottle, late Qing Dynasty, late 19th to early 20th century, a cushion shaped rectangular vase painted with the eight auspicious symbols of Buddhism in coloured enamels over a deep clear blue ground with a black agate and brass…
Chinese Glass Snuff Bottle with Hand-Painted Scenes
A large signed Chinese glass snuff bottle, probably people's Republic of China era, second half 20th century, the rectangular bottle with canted edges hand painted to the interior in muted colours with scenes of maidens amidst swirling clouds and a…
Chinese Enamel Snuff Bottle with Landscape and Figures
A Chinese glass & enamel snuff bottle, painted decorated with figures in a landscape, red Quing mark on base. Height 7 cm
Shi Qian's Inside-Painted Glass Snuff Bottle of Yang Kuei Fei
An inside-painted glass snuff bottle signed Shi Qian, Republic period depicting the concubine Yang Kuei Fei, signed to both sides, agate stopper
Chinese Inside-Painted Amber Glass Snuff Bottles (5)
Five Chinese inside-painted light amber glass snuff bottles, Early 20th century, Meng Qin, Xin Ting, Rong Jin 6.5 cm, 7.5 cm, 7.5 cm, 6 cm, 7 cm (5). Provenance: Purchased at Lawson's Auction in Australia and Treasure Auctions in Hong Kong in the late…
7 Chinese Inside Painted Glass Snuff Bottles with Scenes
A quantity 7 Chinese inside painted glass snuff bottles 20th century, decorated with various painted scenes including figures, animals and landscape scenes, heights 7 cm - 8 cm
Peking Glass Snuff Bottle with Red Shou Medallions
A Peking glass snuff bottle, Qing Dynasty, later 19th century, cushion shaped with red shou medallions to both faces and young boys clasping the sides of the bottle in red over a mustard yellow ground, a red agate domed top with a simple brass ring mount;…
Chinese Snuff Bottles: Cinnabar & Agate (3)
Three Chinese snuff bottles, one cinnabar and one reverse painted agate (3)
Chinese Glass Snuff Bottle with Ancient Generals Inside Painted
A Chinese glass snuff bottle with green stone stopper, signed by Maoru, inside painted with four Chinese ancient generals: Huang Yixiao, Wen Zhong, Su Hu & Jiang Ziya with red seal marks, height 7.5 cm
Ivory Woman Snuff Bottle
A carved and painted ivory figurative snuff bottle, depicting a woman in traditional costume signed to sleeve 9 cm high note: for a similar example please refer to Stevens, Bob C., the collectors book of snuff bottles, Weatherhill New York, pg.790
Chinese Inside Painted and Goldstone Glass Snuff Bottles
Two Chinese snuff bottles, 19th/20th century, comprising one snuff bottle of inside painted glass featuring cats, the other of goldstone glass. The taller 8.8 cm high, 5.3 cm wide. No visible faults, approximately 168 gm total weight
Chinese Three Kingdoms Agate Snuff Bottle by Hou Yingzi
A Chinese inside-painted 'Three Kingdoms' agate snuff bottle, signed Yu Nong, by Hou Yingzi (1971 - ), dated by inscription 2008, 7.5 cm high. Provenance: Singapore private collection
Inside-Painted Snuff Bottles by Li Zhenzheng (1998) - Pair
Two inside-painted snuff bottles, Li Zhenzheng, one painted in 1998, 7.4 cm high, 7 cm high (2). Provenance: NSW Private Collection
Chinese Inside-Painted Snuff Bottle by Wang Jinshan (1998)
A Chinese inside-painted snuff bottle, Wang Jinshan (1958 - ), painted in 1998, 10.5 cm high. Provenance: NSW Private Collection
Chinese Inside Painted Glass Snuff Bottles (Set of 3)
Three Chinese inside painted glass snuff bottles, One dated 1983 7.7 cm, 7.2 cm, 7.2 cm (3). Provenance: Purchased at David Arts in the late 1980s and early 1990s '; David Arts
Chinese Inside-Painted Glass Snuff Bottles by Cheng Yun
Two Chinese inside-painted glass snuff bottles, One by Cheng Yun, dated 1980 and 1982 7.2 cm, 7.3 cm (2). Provenance: Purchased at David Arts in the late 1980s and early 1990s
Revolutionary Chinese Snuff Bottle, 1967
A Chinese inside-painted revolutionary-theme glass snuff bottle, Dated 1967 5.2 cm. Provenance: Purchased at Kaynes in the late 1980s and early 1990s '
1979 Chinese 'Gandhanra' Inside-Painted Glass Snuff Bottle
A Chinese inside-painted glass 'Gandhanra' snuff bottle, Dated 1979 7.7 cm. Provenance: Purchased at Chia in the late 1980s and early 1990s
Assorted Snuff Bottles: Carved, Figurative, and Painted
A collection of four snuff bottles, 19th and 20th century, including carved soapstone and small figure of a tortoise and a large modern snuff bottle with an interior painted oriental scene, the largest 12 cm long
Chinese Inside Painted Glass Snuff Bottle, Wen Chuan 1996
A Chinese inside painted 'Qing Sheng Ping' glass snuff bottle, Wen Chuan, dated 1996 7.6 cm. Provenance: Purchased at. Y.F. Yang & Company in the late 1980s and early 1990s
1994 Chinese Inside Painted Glass Snuff Bottle
A Chinese inside painted 'Peking-opera Actors' glass snuff bottle, Wang Bowen, dated 1994 8 cm. Provenance: Purchased at. Y.F. Yang & Company in the late 1980s and early 1990s in Hong Kong.
1977 Chinese Inside-Painted Glass Snuff Bottle - Mount Shizhong
A Chinese inside-painted glass 'Mount Shizhong' snuff bottle, Dated 1977 7.2 cm. Provenance: Purchased at Chia in the late 1980s and early 1990s in San Francisco
Carved Ivory Snuff Bottle with Court Scene Decoration
Chinese carved ivory snuff bottle carved court scene decoration, carved stopper, signed to base, height 8 cm. ,
Chinese Inside Painted Snuff Bottle with Bird Scenes
Chinese inside painted snuff bottle and stopper, of rounded baluster form, painted with scenes of birds perched in trees and rocky outcrops, surrounded by flowers and foliage, signed and seal marks to each side, height 8 cm. Provenance: from a private…
Winter Gift: Inside Painted Snuff Bottle for Song Qingling
Chinese inside painted snuff bottle, depicting birds and flowers, the inscription reads: ?To Song Qingling (wife of sun Yat-sen), winter 1930 by Tang Zichuan?. Height 7.2 cm
Chinese Inside-Painted Snuff Bottles, 1983-2007
Five Chinese inside-painted snuff bottles. Various artists, painted between 1983 and 2007, 7.5 cm to 8 cm high (5). Provenance: NSW Private Collection
Chinese Inside Painted Glass Snuff Bottles with Opera Actors
Two Chinese inside painted 'Pecking-opera actors' glass snuff bottles, Ai Qi, Xiu Shuang, dated 1991 and 1996 9 cm, 8 cm (2). Provenance: Purchased at. Y.F. Yang & Company in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Y.F. Yang & Company
Chinese Reticulated Porcelain Snuff Bottle with Ming Mark
A Chinese porcelain snuff bottle. The reticulated cylindrical bottle with an internal blue and white vial, with two signed reserves painted with an elderly fisherman and a small boy in a landscape, the other with script; with bat motifs to the collar and…
1920's Painted Ivory Snuff Bottles of Empress and Emperor
A pair of 1920's painted ivory snuff bottles, in the form of an Empress and Emperor, 7.5 cm high. Lammert Bros, Auctioneers, Hong Kong, 1/5/75
Signed Chinese Inside Painted Snuff Bottle with Lady Scene
Chinese inside painted snuff bottle and stopper, signed, finely painted with a scene depicting a lady falling near a table, the other ladies attending to a person in bed, height 8.5 cm. Provenance: from a private collection of a lady, Sydney, collecting…
Western-Style Porcelain Snuff Bottle with Figure Paintings (Faulty)
Antique porcelain snuff bottle painted with figures and children in western dress (fault)
Hand-Painted Porcelain Snuff Bottles with Figurative and Floral Motifs
Five hand painted porcelain snuff bottles includes three with figurative scenes and two with floral motifs the tallest 9 cm high
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