Zentner Collection: Antique Japanese Tansu, Asian Works of Art
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Carved Porcelain Snuff Bottle Of Man Holding A Peach
Carved Porcelain Snuff Bottle Of Man Holding A Peach
Cute porcelain snuff bottle delicately carved in the shape of a smiling man sitting atop a pile of leaves, wearing a blue robe with gold flecks and creases and magenta bottoms, holding a peach, with a gourd bottle strapped around his back. The topper is carved from coral and resembles the cap of the gourd bottle. 19th century Size: 2.5" tall, .85" wide
item #1244476
$2,000.00
Antique Porcelain Snuff Bottle With Perching Birds
Antique Porcelain Snuff Bottle With Perching Birds
Antique Chinese porcelain snuff bottle in a glazed goldenrod yellow, with black painting of two birds perching on a branch sprouting cherry blossoms, diamond and wan symbols around the opening of the bottle, and a pink topper made of turmaline. The wan symbol is used in Asian religions such as Buddhism or Hinduism as a symbol of peace and enlightenment. 19th century Size: 3" tall, 1" wide
item #1244405
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Chinese Agate Snuff Bottle With Gold Wire Filigree
Chinese Agate Snuff Bottle With Gold Wire Filigree
Antique agate snuff bottle with a tourmaline topper, beautiful and delicate gold-colored wire filigree around the body with imbedded turmaline and jadeite stones, and carvings of an open-mouthed face on both sides of the bottle. 19th century Size: 2.75" tall, 1.75" wide
item #1244402
$6,000.00
Chinese Snuff Bottle With Bat Holding Coins
Chinese Snuff Bottle With Bat Holding Coins
Beautiful little snuff bottle made from translucent cream-colored aragonite, a 3.5-4 on the Mohs (hardness) scale, with carvings of a bat (symbol for good luck) with a strand of Chinese coins (means "fortune before your eyes" when paired with a bat). Republic period c1920 Size: 2.75" long, 1" wide
item #1244399
$2,500.00
Antique Chinese Jade Snuff Bottle
Antique Chinese Jade Snuff Bottle
Beautiful pine-green Jade snuff bottle with a glass topper, with red "accordion" design when viewed from the top. 19th century Size: 1.75" tall, 1.5" wide
item #1244386
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Antique Chinese Glass Snuff Bottle With Koi Fish
Antique Chinese Glass Snuff Bottle With Koi Fish
Clear small glass snuff bottle with light pink quartz topper, brick red paint around rim, base, and sides with etched dragon handle, intricate inside hand-paintings of black and orange koi on one side and beautiful, mountainous scenery on the other side. 19th century Size: 1.85" height, 1.25" width
item #1244383
$3,750.00
Antique Chinese Monochrome Porcelain Snuff Bottle biyanhu
Antique Chinese Monochrome Porcelain Snuff Bottle biyanhu
Antique Chinese snuff bottle of cylindrical shape with robin egg blue glaze. Matched with a pink agate stopper. Provenance James Coburn estate

circa 1821-1850

Size: 3.5" tall, 1.25" wide
item #1244308
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Antique Chinese Black Glass Snuff Bottle
Antique Chinese Black Glass Snuff Bottle
Beautiful opaque black glass snuff bottle, carved into the shape of a hand with pressed "fingernails", with thumb and pinky extended and all other fingers curled inwards. 19th century Size: 2" tall, 1.5" wide
item #1244264
$1,750.00
Antique Chinese Carved Nephrite Brushwasher
Antique Chinese Carved Nephrite Brushwasher
Antique brush washer, hand-carved carved from nephrite (one of two species of jade) into the shape of a peach with leaves and a small bat. In Chinese culture, peaches symbolize longevity while bats are symbol of good luck. 18th century Size: 1.5" tall, 2.25" wide
item #1244161
$6,000.00
Yellow Porcelain Bowl With Incised Dragon
Yellow Porcelain Bowl With Incised Dragon
Porcelain bowl with a darkened yellow background, whimsical images of turquoise dragons with pink spines flying over the ocean, turquoise interior, and signature on bottom of the bowl. 20th century Size: 3.25" tall, 8.25" wide
item #1244158
$750.00
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