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A Chinese faux-tortoiseshell tetradecahedron snuff bottle, decorated in gilt with calligraphy inscriptions, 5.5cm high; others, a 19th century chinoiserie papier-mâché snuff box, 9.5cm wide; another, etc (15)

An assortment of 19th century and later curios to include a Bakelite snuff box, a tortoiseshell Claude Lorrain artists filter set (condition A/F), a tortoiseshell folding travel comb, a carved wooden bottle stopper, a band agate, a commemorative celluloid matchstick with Queen Victoria bust surrounded by national flowers of clover, thistle and roses, a Chinese foil top box with dragon design to lid, a carved bead in the form of a Chinese buddha, a Victorian treen thimble holder, a treen bilboquet ball and cup game, a German Art Nouveau jugendstil perpetual calendar frame, a terracotta oil lamp with centurion to centre, 

Two Chinese snuff bottles, a porcelain mounted white metal box, mother-of-pearl counters etc

A large collection of bijouterie to include items of cloisonné; a small vase; three matchbox cases; six small dishes; a snuff box; five papier-mâché plates; two modern Chinese potpourri dishes; a pair of small vases modelled as conches; a small Worcester porcelain star shaped vase raised on pad feet; four graduated porcelain scent bottles; a modern Chinese planter on stand; a hammered brass box with wooden lining; a pair of Collingwood porcelain cups and saucers decorated with cherry blossom motifs; and a Spode small serving dish Qty: qty Chipping to the cloisonné vase. Significant chipping to the cloisonné vase to the rim and to the top of the body. Other minor chipping throughout the cloisonné objects. The papier-mâché plates with rubbing o the decoration and minor cracks throughout. The planter with a crack through the base and one foot missing. Minor chips and abrasion to the graduated set of scent bottles.

A 19th century Chinese silver hinged engraved with foliage snuff box . 4cm wide. 36.3gms.

Canton enamel box of lobed circular form, blue ground with figure and landscape pattern together with a Chinese cylindrical snuff bottle in iron red and gilt with shishi, 7cm high (2)

19th century tortoiseshell snuff box, miniature frame with engraving. Chinese vase and Continental figureThe vase is in good condition and has been clobbered in the 19th century

Full title: A varied collection of Chinese blue, white, famille rose, Nanking crackle glazed famille verte and qianjiang cai porcelain, 19th/20th C.Description:H 26 - 19 cm (the vases) H 20,5 cm (the bird)Dia.: 15 - 10 cm (the largest and the smallest bowl)Dia.: 13 - 10,6 cm (the saucers) H 10 cm (the teapot and cover) H 9 cm- Dia.: 11 cm (the bowl and cover) H 8 - 6 cm (the miniature vases) H 5 - L 9 cm (the box and cover) H 6,5 cm (the snuff bottle)

A Chinese opaque glass snuff bottle with raised floral; decoration, 6.5cm high together with a green jade snuff bottle of oval panelled form, 6cm high and a banded agate hinged box of oval form CONDITION REPORT: Owl snuff bottle - in reasonable condition overall, green snuff bottle - in reasonable condition overall

An oriental enamelled copper box, enamelled in relief with animals either side of a pagoda, Chinese glass snuff bottle, two oriental fans, and a pair of green glazed tea bowls

Four dainty snuff/pill boxes. Two white metal Chinese cloisonne enamel pill boxes, unmarked, with hinged lids; along with an Italian 800 silver oval shaped pill box/ snuff box (17.7 grams approximate weight); plus an oval white metal pill box, featuring an embossed bouquet of field flowers including bluebells and shepherd's purse, marked JMLD.

Antique Chinese Silver Figural Wang Hing Snuff Box - Stamped 900 - 72gms

A group of Chinese decorative items including snuff bottles, cigarette box etc.

A 19thc Chinese tortoise shell rectangular carved snuff box, the relief carved top with figures some in wooded landscape enclosed within a leaf scrolling border the underside with similar carved figure and sides with carved scenes of buildings and pagodas. (h 2.5cm x l 9.5cm x d 6.5cm), one small area of damage to left of hinge, and a late 19thc Chinese carved tortoise shell card case with relief carved scrolling dragon and black silk lined interior with two pockets, ( l 10cm x w 8cm) leather hinge worn. (2)

A small Chinese cloisonné enamel dragon Bowl, 9cms (3 1/2"), another floral ditto, a rectangular cloisonné Snuff Box with birds and flowers, 11cms (4 1/4"); another pink and blue floral cloisonné Box and cover; another Ring Box with hinged cover; a pair of Chinese garlic neck dragon Vases, 11cms (4 1/4"); and a colourful Rice Bowl and cover. (8)

A Chinese silver small snuff box, plain, 2" wide, by MK

A collection of ornaments including a pair of carved horn lions, a antique snuff box, a set of cased Bezique The Water Jump vintage playing cards, Brass Indian bell, African carved stone sculpture, brass fighting rooster sculpture and a Chinese soapstone carving. Postage cat C

A 19th century burr walnut snuff box, a gilt brass magnifying glass and a Chinese pillow, the largest 31cm wide

A Underglaze Blue and Famille Rose Snuff Bottle Qing Dynasty Dimensions: Height 3 7/8 inches, Width 1 1/2 inches (10 cm x 4 cm). Gu Mengyu was a prominent Chinese politician and educator during the era of the Republic of China. He played a significant role as one of the central figures in the reorganization faction led by Chen Gongbo within the left wing of the Kuomintang. He held several important positions, including Minister of Railway and Minister of Transportation in the Nationalist Government. The items being auctioned from Mr. Gu Mengyu's personal collection have been graciously provided by the descendants of Ms. Wei Zengying's sister. Some of these items come with a collection box, adorned with Mr. Gu Mengyu's personal seal, which he used to mark his signature during the time of his collection. Alongside them are various scattered collectibles, including a selection of early photographs depicting Gu Mengyu's life, all carefully preserved within a weathered, large wooden box. Additionally, there are exquisite calligraphy and painting works gifted to Mr. Gu Mengyu by renowned modern artists. In addition, the consignor of these collectibles has provided a treasured family album, brimming with captivating tales about the lives of both Mr. Gu Mengyu and Ms. Wei Zengying.

A collection of Chinese objects, to include four blue and white snuff bottles, a Lapiz Lazuli snuff bottle, a cinnabar lacquer wax seal box and a small jar, damages. (6)

19th century, and later, Chinese and Eastern curios to include a carved Chinese walnut, a Peking glass snuff bottle with stopper, a bone decorated snuff bottle, a vesta case, an ebony and silver mounted etui case, brass Indian deity figures, a cinnabar lacquer box with cover, and other oriental lacquered boxes.Buddha removed.(Answer to question) The gold and silver coloured ground boxes are part of a nest (not matching). With only cover to another box. Makers marks to underside. Age related wear- chips and surface marks to laquer.

A Chinese faceted glass snuff bottle, decorated with cranes, a box of assorted costume jewellery, a vintage perpetual desk top calendar, silver plated ware, to include a ladle, and other items

A 20th century Chinese white metal table snuff box in the form of two books; together with a late Victorian ebonised and silver mounted model of a stretcher; a late Victorian silver pin tray of rectangular form, repousse decorated with a basket of flowers within C-scrolling borders; various silver charms etc

A collection of Cambodian white metal and EPNS betel boxes, some Zoomorphic, including pigs, turtles, elephants, quails, some with t 90% mark, various other circular, oval and square examples, a Chinese porcelain inset white metal snuff box (14) Condition Report:Available upon request

Silver ornate snuff box decorated with boats & Fisherwoman, import marks for Chester, by Samuel Boyce Landeck (SBL)1905, 57g, together with silver tongs, 49.1g and Chinese silver dish, 57.7g. (3)

A Chinese famille rose European erotic subject snuff box and cover, Qianlong period, the flat circular cover painted with an erotic portrait of a lady in a landscape, the base painted with landscape vignettes, and figures, the underside of the lid and the base painted with a bird amid foliage, 6.6cm diameter, metal mounts lacking, crazed glaze to base***CONDITION REPORT***The snuff box is missing its European metal mounts and has wear to the gilding on the edges and the interior. The cover has a small splinter chip to the edge of the top and on the inside. The base is heavily crazed and does not ring when tapped. Hairline crack to the side, some slight fitting around the bottom edge of the base, otherwise in reasonable condition.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Four Chinese red carved cinnabar boxes, a cloisonné green floral box, an 18th century lacquered snuff box with a romantic bedroom scene to the lid, and a stone plinth with a Chinese inscription to the edge

A GROUP OF ORIENTAL ITEMS, comprising a group of five Chinese archaic bronze mirrors, four corroded, largest 11.5cm diameter, together with two carved resin bottles, a decorated bottle made from bone, a small stone box, an enamelled box, a reverse painted glass snuff bottle, two Chinese red resin figures (14) (Condition Report: both resin figures are chipped, stone box is damaged)

A bag containing a small quantity of collectable items comprising Chinese carved wood card case, green phenolic cigarette holder in fitted leather case and a brass snuff box with embossed elephant design

A Chinese silver snuff box, Mun Kee, Canton, circa late 19th century, length 39mm.

A mixed lot comprising an over-sized gun metal pocket watch, a Chinese white metal reliquary and a continental white metal snuff box.

An early 20th Century Chinese engraved mother of pearl and white metal (tested silver) snuff box, 5.5 x 4 x 2.5cm.

A Victorian metal and enamel vesta case, a tortoiseshell snuff box, a Chinese metal holder and a cigarette box

An Indian snuff box and Chinese cigarette case

A rare Chinese chased silver snuff box with hunting scene. Picture marks on rim of lid. By Yatshing. c1860. Approx. 94 grams. Est. £500 - £800.

MIXED COLLECTABLES GROUP OF 10 ITEMS - to include three gilt metal and agate pill/snuff boxes, 6.75cms across the largest, 925 stamped and amber type mounted pill box, 4.5cms across and a small loose lid malachite example, 3cms across, black metal and possibly silver inlaid Eastern style shoe ornament, 11.5cms L, white metal paper/letter clip in the form of a Pike's head and three modern composite figurines of seated Chinese gentlemen

A 19th century Chinese visiting card case 6 x 10 cm, plus a mother-of-pearl purse and a snuff box, the snuff box of carved bone and Indian. (3)

AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY CHINESE SILVER AND AGATE SNUFF BOX apparently unmarked, rectangular with canted corners. 9.5cm wide

A Chinese silver necklace and a silver snuff boxQing dynasty, 19th centuryWith a larger pendant in the form of a flower basket with toiletry tools and miniature weaponry, issued from a smaller pendent depicting bat flanked with a pair of bells, 8.5cm long, the repoussé snuff box of oval shape with a hinged cover decorated with panels depicting dragons, phoenix, and a turtle.清十九世紀 銀花籃式項鏈及銀鼻煙盒Condition Report: 品相報告Both objects in good condition with general surface wear and oxidisation 

A wall mounted Chinese lacquered match holder with integral strike together with a lacquered Chinese snuff box.

A Chinese puce-enamelled and underglaze blue baluster snuff bottle and domed coverRepublic period, apocryphal Qianlong four-character markOf meiping shape, finely enamelled on the rounded shoulder and slender foot with a lone scholar by a pagoda on a nestled on a river-shore within a rocky landscape dotted with pine trees, all above tumultuous waves at the foot, the reverse with a four-line poem and three puce seals, the base with underglaze blue mark, fitted box, 8.1cm high.民國 青花加胭脂紅彩題詩山水圖紋鼻煙壺，「乾隆年製」寄託款

A CLOISONNE BOX, CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES a miniature blue and white vase, and a small Blanc-de-Chine figure

AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLEYe Zhongshan (1875-1945), cyclical date corresponding to 1903Of rounded rectangular shape, illustrated with scenes from 'Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio' one side from the tale of Qingfeng, the reverse form the tale of Qiao Niang, with signature and seal, coral stopper, box. 6.5cm (2 1/2in) high (3).Footnotes:The Property of a British Family Provenance: Spink & Son Ltd., LondonJoseph (1938-2005) and Bella (1941-2011) Shapiro, acquired from the above on 24 April 1989, and thence by descentPublished, Illustrated and Exhibited: Spink & Son Ltd., The Minor Arts of China IV, London, 1989, no.163This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: YY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Chinese silver and mother of pearl snuff box, late 18th/early 19th centuryMade for the European market, of canted rectangular form, the hinged top with a cartouche inscribed with initials 'RE' within borders of flowers and foliage, conforming borders to the side, the underside marked with a single character.7cm wide

A GROUP OF TIBETAN CHINESE ITEMS. To include a Tibetan rock crystal box and cover decorated with filigree work and stone inserts; A white metal embossed snuff bottle decorated with monkey and bird floral scrolls with stone inserts to side and cover; Together with a carved agate pendant with carp in lotus pond. Box and cover 21.5cm tall. (3)Slight nick to top of finial on covers. Otherwise all in good overall condition.

A CHINESE BRONZE SNUFF BOTTLE, 19/20TH CENTURY. Heavily cast of flattened ovoid form with figures in relief above a band of lappets with clouds and stylised dragons above. Indecipherable mark to base. With silk box. 7.2cm tall. Total weight 274 grams.Cover fussed to bottle and unable to remove.

Assorted collectibles, including: treen trinket box; Chinese brass cigarette box; specimen stone pill box; pewter capstan inkwell; novelty shoe form pincushion; brass nutcrackers formed as a pair of legs; snuff boxes; and other items.

A 19th century Chinese Canton finely carved tortoiseshell snuff box and cover, of circular shape, decorated in relief with figures and landscapes, within a flowerhead border, 10cm diameterOverall condition looks to be complete. Lid fits well. 101g gross weight.

A 19th century Chinese Canton carved horn snuff box and cover, of circular shape, finely decorated in relief with figures, pagodas and landscapes, 8cm diameterCondition looks to be complete and the lid fits well. 51g gross.

A collection of Chinese and Japanese collectible items to include a Chinese inside painted snuff bottle, a set of four green hardstone sake glasses, a polished bronze figure of a deity, a lacquered glove box, a carved soapstone figure, a cloisonne box, two niello work necklaces, a bracelet and a ring, damages. (qty)

A Japanese lacquer inro and a large group of Chinese jade, amber, and hardstone carvings, Meiji period and 20th century, including a soapstone teapot and cover, a green jade box and cover, a greyish-white jade archaistic pendant, and three jadeite pendants, together with a Japanese gilt bronze lighter case and a large Mongolian snuff bottle and stopper, the soapstone teapot 15 cm wide (34)

the cover carved with Chinese vases, together with a tortoiseshell snuff box with a brass pique border, late 18th century, and an 18th century fob seal of silvered metal with a hardstone intaglio, carved with a crest & initials; the tortoiseshell example 3.1" (8cm) diameter (3). *CR MOP cover worn, some wear to sides, base with border chips. Tortoiseshell sides with pins to brass lining. Seal intact but overall wear.

A 19th century Chinese silver and malachite snuff box, maker's mark T, possibly for Tu Hopp of Canton, circa 1850,rectangular form, the hinged cover with chased floral decoration and malachite plaque, the edges and underside with chased scenes of figures in a landscape, gilt interior, length 6.6cm.

A Large Collection of Chinese and Japanese Items (mostly porcelain) including: four ginger jars with covers, kutani ware teapot with pot and cover and eleven dishes, two lobed imari dishes, fourteen-piece Japanese tea set, famille rose teapot, famille verte vase with handles, eggshell porcelain bowl in box, a boxed set of bowls and chopsticks, and a basket containing a snuff bottle, soapstone recumbent buffalo and other items

A modern silver limited edition octagonal snuff box after the antique. Numbered inside '131/500', the hinged lid chased in high relief with a Chinese pastoral scene with figures amidst prunus, trees and pagodas, the sides similarly chased, the base with inscription 'The gift of K: Charles 2 to Mrs Grin...', the inside of the lid with a modern inscription dated '12-4-83' , mark of CWS, London 1979, 7.2cm long, 5.2cm wide, 111g.

Tray of Chinese collectables to include bangle, snuff box etc

Collection of enamel snuff boxes and carved hardstone Collection of enamel snuff boxes, one inscribed 'Hunting' with a huntsman on horseback with a hound at his side, another painted en-grisaille with a vase and inscribed 'A token of Friendship' another inscribed 'A Mother's Gift to a Deserving Child' also a porcelain egg, and a glass display box, two Chinese carved hardstone chops depicting a ram and a dragon. The largest box measures 7cm longThe 'Hunting' box has some wear to the enamel. The en-grisaille box has damage and enamel loss, the mirror inside is cracked. 'A Mother's Gift' has some scratching and cracks to the enamel and tarnishing to the internal mirror. The two Chinese carved hardstone chops have small chips, The Fan shaped box with the Sevres mark has a cracked lid.

Box of various mixed items to include modern snuff bottle, small Chinese pin cushion etc

A Chinese box and cover, Fujian kilns, Yuan dynasty, 8cm together with a stag antler snuff bottle

A Chinese carved tortoiseshell snuff box, carved with figures in pagoda and buildings, with trees and foliage, 11cm long x 4.5cm wide (damages)