Strauss & co - 5 March 2018, Cape Town

102 262 Two Chinese crystal snuff bottles, late 19th/early 20th century the first conjoined and raised on a low oval footrim, one bottle carved with lingzhi , stopper, 6,5cm high ; the second of flattened ovoid form with carved shoulders and sides to a hexagonal- shaped base, stopper, 6,4cm high (2) R5 000–7 000 263 A Chinese agate snuff bottle, late 19th/early 20th century the carved lobed body incised and stained with an inscription, heightened with ruyi -head and lappet borders, on a low footrim, the cream stone suffused with pale honey-coloured highlights, the base with an inscription, traces of red staining, stopper, 7cm high ; and a smoky crystal snuff bottle, late 19th/early 20th century, similar, stopper, 6,5cm high (2) R12 000–15 000 264 Four Chinese amber snuff bottles, early 20th century each raised on a low oval footrim, the first carved with a small boy holding a peach and pointing at a monkey in a pine tree flanked by a pair of bats, the reverse carved with a crane in flight before a pine tree, waterfall, mountains and a pavilion, the shoulders with a pair of squirrels, stopper, 6,5cm high ; the second carved with a pair of cranes before a pine tree, mountains and a pavilion, stopper, 6cm high ; the third carved with four turtles contesting a peach and lingzhi against a basketweave ground, stopper, 6cm high ; and the fourth example carved with a pair of cranes before a mountainscape and pavilion, the reverse with a fish leaping from the waves, viewed by a crane before a mountainous landscape, stopper, 6,2cm high (4) R –  262 263 264