IMPORTANT GROUP OF 18 SNUFF BOTTLES.

IMPORTANT GROUP OF 18 SNUFF BOTTLES. Chinese & Japanese, 19th and 20th century. Including two interior painted examples, one signed; painted example with grasshopper on leaf; interior painted bottle with coral glass overlay; two Peking glass examples; indigo and crimson; cut red to clear bottle; two cameo cut bottles, one in green carved with insects, the other in blue with bat and ryui blossom; carved stone, possibly soapstone, example with veining and taotie; carved bottle of mythical creature with coral eyes; two small opaque glass bottles, one white, one coral; green glass bottle with gold dust or foil; porcelain example decorated with warriors; two pottery bottles, one with lavender landscape, second decorated with fish in underglaze blue; ovoid pottery vessel. SIZE: Smallest: 1-3/4″ h. Largest: 3-1/2″ h. PROVENANCE: From the late Dr. Walter B. Jones Collection, most of which he amassed while serving overseas in the Pacific Theater as a combat engineer, Lt. Col. during WWII. CONDITION: Overall good to very good. Three bottles missing stoppers. 9-24798 (6,000-7,000)

Auction: Fine Art, Antiques & Asian - Winter 2012

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	3091	$0.00	IMPORTANT GROUP OF 18 SNUFF BOTTLES. Chinese & Japanese, 19th and 20th century. Including two interior painted examples, one signed; painted example with grasshopper on leaf; interior painted bottle with coral glass overlay; two Peking glass examples; indigo and crimson; cut red to clear bottle; two cameo cut bottles, one in green carved with insects, the other in blue with bat and ryui blossom; carved stone, possibly soapstone, example with veining and taotie; carved bottle of mythical creature with coral eyes; two small opaque glass bottles, one white, one coral; green glass bottle with gold dust or foil; porcelain example decorated with warriors; two pottery bottles, one with lavender landscape, second decorated with fish in underglaze blue; ovoid pottery vessel. SIZE: Smallest: 1-3/4″ h. Largest: 3-1/2″ h. PROVENANCE: From the late Dr. Walter B. Jones Collection, most of which he amassed while serving overseas in the Pacific Theater as a combat engineer, Lt. Col. during WWII. CONDITION: Overall good to very good. Three bottles missing stoppers. 9-24798 (6,000-7,000) Auction: Fine Art, Antiques & Asian - Winter 2012 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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