Strauss & co - 16 October 2017, Cape Town

63 161 A Chinese inside-painted agate snuff bottle, late 19th/early 20th century the front painted with a pair of ducks, the reverse painted with lily pads and flowers, the sides carved with ring- handles, with coral stopper, 5,3cm R –  *This lot is not suitable for export. 162 Three Chinese overlay snowflake glass snuff bottles, late 19th/early 20th century each of ovoid form, carved with stylized foliate and architectural motifs, and scholar’s objects, raised on a shallow oval footrim, with hardstone stopper, lacking one snuff spoon, the rimwith minor chips, the tallest 6,7cm high (3) R –  163 A Chinese pink and green overlay glass snuff bottle and stopper, late Qing Dynasty of flattened ovoid form, carved with two stylized peonies and foliage against a milky-white ground, with pearl, coral and glass stopper, 6cm high R –  *This lot is not suitable for export. 164 Two Chinese agate snuff bottles, late Qing Dynasty the first oval, of white tone with pale- green jade stopper, the second in the form of a gourd, the front carved with further gourds and foliage, with green jade stopper; the taller 6cm high (2) R –  161 162 163 164