Strauss & co - 5 March 2018, Cape Town

99 250 A Chinese amber snuff bottle, early 20th century of ovoid form, carved with a squirrel, grapes and vines, the reverse carved with a double gourd and peach, the shoulders carved with lion-and-mask handles, to a pebbled ground, with oval footrim, stopper, 6cm high R8 000–10 000 251 A Chinese yellow glass snuff bottle, early 20th century moulded to the front and reverse with a chilong , on a low oval footrim, stopper, signed, 7cm high ; and a pink glass example in the form of an elephant, of rounded form with the head facing out , carved with saddle-cloth, the neck with leaf lappet border, stopper, signed, 6cm high (2) R8 000–10 000 252 Two Chinese amber snuff bottles, early 20th century the first carved with a dog of Fo contesting a ribboned ball, the reverse carved with a bat and three coins attached to a tasseled rope, raised on a low footrim, stopper, 4,2cm high ; the second carved with a squirrel, grapes and vine before a pavilion, the reverse with blossom before a pavilion, stopper, 5,3cm high (2) R9 000–12 000 253 Three Chinese crystal snuff bottles, early 20th century the first carved as a corn cob, stopper, 10,5cm high ; the shoulders of the second example carved with pierced lug handles, the tapering faceted hexagonal body carved with a lappet border, raised on a conforming low footrim, stopper, 8cm high ; and the third example slightly waisted, carved with a lappet border, stopper, 11cm high (3) R9 000–12 000 250 251 252 253