A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE 'EGRET AND LOTUS' ARCHER'S RING, QING DYNASTYChina, 1644-1912. Finely carved to one side in low relief, skillfully utilizi...

A WHITE AND EMERALD-GREEN JADEITE 'PHOENIX' TABLE SCREEN, CHINA, 19TH CENTURYOf rectangular form, carved in low relief to one side with a phoenix ...

AN ARCHAISTIC JADEITE 'MYTHICAL BIRD' GROUP OF TWO VESSELS AND COVERS, LATE QING DYNASTY TO REPUBLIC PERIODChina, 1800-1949. Well carved in the fo...

A SPINACH GREEN JADE RETICULATED CENSER AND COVER, LATE QING TO REPUBLIC PERIODChina, 1850-1930. The base supported by four cabriole legs, the rou...

A JADEITE BALUSTER VASE AND COVER, LATE QING DYNASTY TO REPUBLIC PERIODChina, 1860-1940. Of flattened form, the waisted neck flanked by a pair of ...

A CELADON JADE 'BOY AND CHILONG' VASE AND COVER, LATE QING TO REPUBLIC PERIODChina, 1850-1950. The baluster body is supported on a short foot and ...

A RARE GOLD-MOUNTED JADEITE OPIUM PIPE, CHINA, c. 1900-1930The pipe is constructed from two pieces of apple-green jade, all with a smooth polish. ...

A NEPHRITE JADE 'DRAGON CARP' SNUFF BOTTLE, ATTRIBUTED TO THE IMPERIAL PALACE WORKSHOPSChina, Beijing, 1720-1780. Well carved in the form of a car...

A WHITE JADE 'PRUNUS AND LONGEVITY' SNUFF BOTTLE, CHINA, SUZHOU SCHOOL, 1730-1810Well hollowed, the compressed spherical body rising from a concav...

A WHITE JADE 'BUTTERFLY' SNUFF BOTTLE, POSSIBLY IMPERIAL, 18TH CENTURYChina. Well hollowed, the flattened globular body supported on a flat oval f...

A PALE CELADON JADE 'BAMBOO' SNUFF BOTTLE, 18TH-19TH CENTURYChina. Finely carved, the cylindrical body supported on a short concave foot, the slig...

A WHITE JADE 'POMEGRANATE' SNUFF BOTTLE, 18TH CENTURYChina. Well hollowed, the ovoid body supported on a short thick foot and rising to a tall cyl...

A WHITE JADE 'HUNDRED SHOU CHARACTER' LONGEVITY SNUFF BOTTLE, ATTRIBUTED TO THE IMPERIAL PALACE WORKSHOPSChina, Beijing, 1730-1830. Well hollowed,...

AN INSCRIBED WHITE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE, MID-QING DYNASTYChina, 1750-1820. Finely carved, the rounded rectangular body supported on a short oval foot...

A WHITE JADE 'DEER AND CRANE' SNUFF BOTTLE, MID-QING DYNASTYChina, c. 1750-1850. The flattened baluster body supported on a short spreading foot w...

A BLACK AND WHITE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE, CHINA, 18TH CENTURYExtremely well hollowed to partial transparency, the ovoid body rising from a thick oval b...

A PALE CELADON JADE 'BASKET WEAVE' SNUFF BOTTLE, MID-QING DYNASTYChina, 18th-19th century. Well hollowed, the flattened spherical body supported o...

A DENDRITIC 'MOSS' AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE, MID-QING DYNASTYChina, 1750-1830. Well hollowed, the rounded rectangular body supported on a short spreadin...

A HAIR CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTYChina, 19th century. Well hollowed, the rounded rectangular body tapering to the slightly concave foot an...

AN OFFICIAL SCHOOL ROCK CRYSTAL 'GOLDFISH' SNUFF BOTTLE, INSIDE-PAINTED BY YE ZHONGSAN (1875-1945), DATED 1926Expert's note: This author has never...

AN INSIDE-PAINTED SMOKEY CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE BY YE BENGQI, CHINA, 1920-1940Of flattened form, the rounded rectangular body supported on a thick f...

AN AMETHYST 'CHILONG AND BAT' SNUFF BOTTLE, CHINA, 1740-1840Well hollowed, of tapering ovoid form, supported on a concave foot, surmounted by a sh...

A CARVED 'IMITATION AMETHYST' GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTYChina, 18th - early 19th century. The flattened ovoid body supported on a short foot...

A ROOT AMBER SNUFF BOTTLE, MID-QING DYNASTYExpert's note: Fine 'Root Amber' snuff bottles of an early date are quite rare. The present example wit...

A SANDWICHED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE, CHINA, 1730-1860Of flattened form, the ovoid body raised on a flat oval foot and surmounted by a short waisted ne...

AN AVENTURINE-SPLASHED AMBER GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE, ATTRIBUTED TO THE PALACE WORKSHOPSChina, Beijing, 1750-1800. Of slightly flattened form, the glob...

A PINK AND WHITE SANDWICHED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE, CHINA, 1730-1820Of spade form, the body supported on a short straight foot and rising to a cylindr...

A RUBY-RED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE, QIANLONG MARK AND PERIODChina, 1736-1795. Of compressed globular form, supported on a short oval foot and rising to...

A RUBY RED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE, CHINA, 1740-1820Of flattened form, the ovoid body supported on a short oval foot and rising to a waisted neck with ...

A RED OVERLAY GLASS 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' SNUFF BOTTLE, ATTRIBUTED TO THE BEIJING PALACE WORKSHOPS, QIANLONG PERIODExpert's note: This bottle is pa...

A CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER 'PHOENIX' SNUFF BOTTLE, PROBABLY IMPERIAL, CHINA, 1780-1860Of compressed form with flat lip and recessed, convex oval fo...

A HORNBILL 'CAT AND BUTTERFLY' SNUFF BOTTLE, 1800-1880Opinion: The superb color and excellent polish of the present bottle suggest that it was cre...

A CYLINDRICAL TORTOISESHELL SNUFF BOTTLE, FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF WU RANGZHI (1799-1870)China, 19th century. The elegant yet traditional 'Ro...

AN IMPERIAL YELLOW 'DRAGON' SNUFF BOTTLE, ENAMEL ON COPPER, CHINA, 18TH CENTURYProbably made between 1720 and 1750 in Guangzhou for the Palace Wor...

A PUCE-ENAMELED 'LANDSCAPE' SNUFF BOTTLE, REPUBLIC PERIODChina, 1912-1949. Of meiping form with a baluster body supported on a short foot, the bro...

A CANTON ENAMEL 'PARADISE BIRD' SNUFF BOTTLE, MID-QING DYNASTYChina, Guangzhou, 1735-1800. Of flattened baluster form, rising from a flared foot t...

AN UNUSUAL 'ROBIN'S EGG' GLAZED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE, CHINA, 1780-1860The cylindrical body supported on a tapered foot and rising to a rounded s...

A MOLDED AND CARVED PORCELAIN 'CABBAGE' SNUFF BOTTLE, CHINA, 1850-1920Crisply molded in the form of a baicai (Chinese cabbage), standing on its to...

A MOLDED AND SANCAI-GLAZED PORCELAIN 'LION AND CUB' SNUFF BOTTLE, 1790-1830China. Modeled as a Buddhist lion sitting upright, its mouth slightly a...

A MOLDED AND YELLOW-GLAZED PORCELAIN 'EAR OF CORN' SNUFF BOTTLE, LATE QING TO REPUBLIC PERIODChina, 1860-1940. The biscuit is naturalistically mod...

A LEMON YELLOW-GLAZED RETICULATED PORCELAIN 'FLORETS' SNUFF BOTTLE, CHINA, 19TH CENTURYOf flattened ovoid form, supported on an oval foot and risi...

AN IRON-RED ENAMELED SGRAFFIATO PORCELAIN 'DRAGON' SNUFF BOTTLE, 1820-1900China. Of rounded rectangular form, its cylindrical neck incised with a ...

A FAMILLE-ROSE PORCELAIN 'AMERICAN EAGLE' SNUFF BOTTLE, CIRCA 1874-1876China. The ovoid body rising from a short tapered foot to a slightly flared...

A FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN 'BATS AND CHIMES' SNUFF BOTTLE, LATE QING DYNASTYChina, 19th - early 20th century. Of flattened pear-shaped form raised o...

A FAMILLE ROSE 'LADY AND CHILD' SNUFF BOTTLE, JINGDEZHEN KILNS, REPUBLIC PERIODChina, 1912-1949. Delicately potted from near-eggshell thin ware, t...

A LARGE FAMILLE ROSE 'COWHERD AND WEAVER MAIDEN' SNUFF BOTTLE, IMPERIAL, JINGDEZHEN KILNS, DAOGUANG FOUR-CHARCTER MARK AND OF THE PERIODExpert's n...

A 'LADY AND PAGODA' REVERSE GLASS PAINTING, CHINA, 18TH CENTURYDepicting a smiling woman in a neatly gilt and ornate salmon-pink robe, posing in a...

A 'MAGPIES' PAINTING FROM THE IMPERIAL PALACE IN BEIJING, QING DYNASTYChina, 1644-1912. Ink and watercolors on paper. Exquisitely painted with vib...

A SILK EMBROIDERED 'MECHANICAL CLOCK TRIBUTE' FRAGMENT, CHINA, 1680-1720Of rectangular form, finely embroidered in satin stitch with silk and gold...

A BLUE-GROUND KESI 'DRAGON' PANEL, QING DYNASTYChina, late 18th to early 19th century. Finely woven in silk and gilt threads, the lobed panel depi...

A DAMASK AND WOVEN SILK 'LOTUS' COVER, MID-QING DYNASTYChina, late 18th to 19th century. Finely woven using a shimmering silk of supreme quality a...

A SILK EMBROIDERED DRAGON PANEL IN TWO-TONE GOLD, CHINA, 19TH CENTURYFinely embroidered in satin stitch and two-color gold-wrapped thread with a f...

A 'NINE DRAGON' SILK BROCADE BOOK COVER, PROBABLY FROM THE IMPERIAL LIBRARYChina, 19th century. Of square form, finely woven with silver, gold, an...

AN IMPERIAL YELLOW GROUND 'DRAGON' SILK GAUZE PANEL, CHINA, 18TH - 19TH CENTURYThe gauze woven in a simple leno weave (sha), dyed in Imperial yell...

AN IMPERIAL-YELLOW-GROUND NINGXIA WOOL 'NINE DRAGON' CARPETNorth China, 19th century, c. 1850. Finely woven with a central five-clawed dragon surr...

A SILK EMBROIDERED PANEL DEPICTING SHOULAO AND MAGU WITH CRANE AND DEER, LATE 19TH TO EARLY 20TH CENTURYChina. Finely embroidered with Shoulao sta...

A MANCHU LADY'S INFORMAL 'ORCHID AND BUTTERFLIES' KESI VEST, CHANG-FU, QING DYNASTYChina, 19th century. The midnight blue ground finely worked on ...

A SEMI-FORMAL MIDNIGHT-BLUE-GROUND KESI SILK ROUNDEL ROBE, CHINA, 1870sFinely worked with eight symmetrically arranged roundels woven with butterf...

A WOMAN'S SILVER AND GOLD-EMBROIDERED SILK ROUNDEL ROBE, 19TH CENTURYExpert's note: The lavish use of gold and silver thread as well as the typica...

A GOLD-EMBROIDERED BLUE-GROUND SEMIFORMAL NINE-DRAGON ROBE, JIFU, JIAQING PERIODChina, 1796-1820. Finely embroidered in couched gold threads with ...