Strauss & co - 6 March 2017, Cape Town

107 276 A Chinese agate snuff bottle, early 20th century etched and stained in relief with a mythical beast viewing three butterflies beneath a prunus tree, before a rocky outcrop, low foot rim, stopper, 7,7cm high ; and a crystal snuff bottle, the front carved in relief with three deer beneath a flowering tree in a mountainous landscape, the reverse with a seated sage under a flowering tree, with low foot rim, stopper, 7,7cm high (2) R –  277 Three Chinese agate snuff bottles, Qing Dynasty, late 19th century the first, ovoid with carved fluted body heightened with a picot border, with low foot rim, stopper, 6,8cm high ; the second of lotus form, stopper, 6,5cm high ; and the third of flattened round form, the shoulders with pierced lug handles, stopper, 6,3cm high (3) R –  278 A Chinese amber snuff bottle, Qing Dynasty, late 19th century the whole carved in relief with a pair of contesting dragons, the dragon’s tail forming a low foot rim, stopper, 3,5cm high ; and another example, the front and reverse carved with a bat viewing a peach, with low foot rim, stopper , 5,1cm high (2) R –  276 277 278