Strauss & co - 5 March 2018, Cape Town

97 242 Three Chinese crystal snuff bottles, Qing Dynasty, late 19th/early 20th century the first carved in low relief with pierced handles and fluted body, on a low footrim, stopper, 9cm high ; the second of flattened vase form, the shoulders carved with Buddhist lion handles, on a low footrim, stopper, 7cm high ; and the third example, carved with Buddhist lion handles above a lotus border, on a low footrim, stopper, 8,4cm high (3) R8 000–10 000 243 Three Chinese ‘shadow’ agate snuff bottles, late 19th/early 20th century the first of rounded flattened form carved with a sage before a rocky mountainscape, the reverse with small boats in a riverscape before a pavilion, the stone of mottled grey tone, stopper, 5,3cm high ; the second carved with wave-shaped handles, the semi-translucent stone highlighted with mottled brown patterns and amber patches, stopper, 5,4cm high ; the third of ovoid flattened form, the stone of grey tone suffused with greyish-beige ‘thumbprint’- form inclusions, stopper, 5,8cm high (3) R6 000–8 000 244 Two Chinese cameo agate snuff bottles, late 19th/early 20th century each rounded and raised on a low oval footrim, the first carved in relief with chilong viewing the moon, stopper, 6,5cm high ; and the second carved in high relief with a chilong splayed on a rocky outcrop viewing another beast below, stopper, 6,3cm high (2) R10 000–12 000 245 A Chinese cameo agate magnum snuff bottle, early 20th century of rounded form raised on a low footrim, carved in relief to the front with The Four Beauties, Xishi, Wang Zhaojun, Diaochan and Yang Guifei and their attendant, two holding their attributes, with clouds and a bird-of-paradise above, stopper, signed, 10cmhigh R10 000–12 000 242 243 244 245