Strauss & co - 6 March 2017, Cape Town

104 267 A Chinese ‘Realgas’ glass and jade snuff bottle, late 19th/ early 20th century flattened ovoid in shades of russet and crimson, stopper, 7,7cm high R –  268 A Chinese green glass snuff bottle in the form of an elephant, early 20th century of rounded form, moulded with the head turned to the front, with carved saddle-cloth, the neck with stylised leaf lappet border, stopper, 7cm high ; and a pink glass example, late 19th/ early 20th century, with faceted body, stopper, incised four-character mark, 6cm high (2) R –  269 Two Chinese cameo agate snuff bottles, Qing Dynasty, late 19th century ovoid, one carved in relief to the russet skin with a praying mantis and a cicada, stopper, 8,5cm high ; the other carved with a qilin before a mountainscape, stopper, 7cm high (2) R –  267 269 268