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A Chinese famille rose and iron-red 'dragon' cylindrical snuff bottleQing dynasty, Guangxu mark and periodTypically enamelled with an iron-red dragon writhing and chasing a flaming pearl amongst yellow, blue pink and white billowing clouds and above breaking waves, the base with iron-red kaishu six-character mark, associated stopper, 7.5cm high without stopper.清光緒 礬紅粉彩繪龍紋鼻煙壺，礬紅楷書「大清光緒年製」款Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the yearsCondition Report: A few fine firing lines to glaze around the mouth and the edge of the mouth rim. Light surface wear. Some restoration to the foot and overpainting to the base.

A Chinese blue and white on crackle-ground 'dragon' snuff bottleQing dynasty, Daoguang mark and periodThe cylindrical body finely painted with a sinuous five-clawed dragon on a finely crackled ground, stopper, 7cm high.清道光 青花龍紋鼻煙壺，青花篆書「道光年製」款Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the yearsCondition Report: A small firing crack to the interior of the mouth rising to the edge, and two small firing imperfections to the base and foot. Otherwise generally good.

Four Chinese glass and one imitation-lapis lazuli snuff bottleLate Qing dynasty-20th centuryComprising: one imitation jadeite bottle carved with a flower in shallow relief, 5cm high; one shaped rectangular bottle of translucent green with gold speckles overlay6 on turquoise glass bottle, 6.2cm high; one flat circular turquoise glass bottle, associated stopper, 5.8cm high without stopper; another shaped rectangular turquoise glass bottle with two burgundy splashed, associated stopper, 6.3cm high without stopper; and an imitation lapis lazuli bottle, associated stopper, 5.2cm high without stopper (5).清晚期 - 二十世紀 料鼻煙壺五件Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the yearsCondition Report: Nibbling to edges and expected wear. 

A Chinese Yixing zisha and duanni pear-shaped snuff bottleLate Qing dynasty, apocryphal Qianlong markThe pear-shaped body formed from red stoneware, decorated with a landscape in buff-coloured duanni slip on either side, the base with an apocryphal two-character impressed seal mark, jadeite stopper, 5.2cm high without stopper.清晚期 段泥繪山水樓台圖紋宜興紫砂鼻煙壺Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the years.Condition Report: Expected old wear with areas of ingrained dirt to surface.

A Chinese grey jade 'phoenix' snuff bottleQing dynasty, 18th/19th centuryVery well-hollowed, carved from a semi-translucent, pale stone of greyish tone with speckled black and mottled russet inclusions, the obverse with a delicate, shallow-relief carving of a phoenix clasping a lingzhi in its mouth, the bottle standing on a short, protruding oval foot ring, 6cm high without stopper.清十八/十九世紀 灰玉雕鳳衔灵芝紋鼻煙壺Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the years.Condition Report: Expected inclusions and natural fissures to stone; a small shallow nibble to the exterior of the mouth, which could also be a natural inclusions, and a few scattered nibbles to foot.

A Chinese 'melon' rock crystal snuff bottleLate Qing dynastyFinely formed as a melon, a leaf and tendril carved in shallow relief and wrapped around the body, with smoky quartz stopper in the shape of a lute head, 5cm high without stopper.清晚期 水晶雕瓜果式鼻煙壺Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the years.Condition Report: At least one barely noticeable inclusion to the stone, around the leaf; a small chip to the edge of the stopper. A couple of insignificant nibbles.

A Chinese enamelled 'badger and eagle' snuff bottleLate Qing dynasty, Lu shanzi daoren zhi markThe bottle finely enamelled with an eagle perched on a pine tree and staring at a badger under the scorching sun, the base with black-enamelled six-character mark 祿山子道人制 Lu shanzi daoren zhi, associated stopper, 8.6cm high without stopper.清晚期 加彩鷹與獾紋鼻煙壺，「 祿山子道人製」款Cf. for a snuff bottle similarly enamelled with an eagle, but without badger and with different mark to base, see The Complete Treasures of the Palace Museum, Snuff Bottles, Beijing, 2003, pl.365, p.237.Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the yearsCondition Report: Expected light wear and firing imperfections, including a shallow firing crack to foot, otherwise generally good.

A Nepalese/Tibetan copper-alloy figure of Jalamanusha16th/17th centuryThe chimera typically depicted with human head and torso, wearing a five-pointed diadem, their neck, chest and arms bedecked in beaded jewellery, both hands holding an implement before their torso, all above a bird lower body with feathered wings curling into clouds, a long tail, and the talons of a bird of prey, standing on a stepped circular base, with traces of gilt overall, 10.7cm high.尼泊爾/西藏十六/十七世紀 銅嘉拉滿努沙像Cf. Jalamanusha (aquatic being), later known in India as Kinnara and in Tibet as Miamchi, is an originally Nepalese aquatic deity, or 'rain child', connected to the ancient concept of 'weather gestation' that is ubiquitous in South Asian art. In his article 'Does Art Imitate Life or Life Imitate Art? Nepal has a unique answer', in Orientations, March/April 2017, pp. 118-127, Gautama V. Vajracharya explains how the fundamental importance of monsoons to the economy of the region means that all the local deities, before they became associated with Buddhist or Hinduism, were originally related to atmospheric events.Vajracharya also points out that the cloud-motif carved around the false entrances of ancient monolithic stupas in Nepal is known to Newari craftsmen as lahpvah, a classical Newari word for amniotic fluid; he links this to the pre-Hindu and pre-Buddhist concept of atmospheric gestation, where not only the terrestrial waters (rivers), but also the celestial ones (rain clouds) were seen as mother goddesses; ideally the cloud-mothers would conceive in autumn to then give birth to their rain-children at the very beginning of the monsoon. Such atmospheric gestation is the subject of the ceiling painting at Cave no. 1 in Ajanta, India, where, among other representations, there are images of human babies whose limbs gradually turn into clouds. This is the most likely  origin of the Newari name for the cloud-foliage motif in Vajracharya's view, as well as one of the first representations of Jalamanusha.Prior to taking the current form of half-human, half-bird creature, the author explains how originally Jalamanusha was depicted as a fetus visualised in the cloudscape, originally with the lower body turning into amniotic fluid or foliage, like in the Ajanta paintings. It is via Gupta depictions, where the cloud scrolls are interpreted as feathers, that Jalamanusha is then identified with the pre-existing depiction of a half-human, half-bird chimera. The iconography of the present lot, with its feathers curling into a cloud-foliage shape, perfectly resonates with this view of the aquatic deity and indicates a strong Whilst relatively common in Southeast Asian iconography, Tibetan or Nepalese depictions of Miamchi, or Jalamanusha, are much rarer. See Bonhams, New York, 19 March 2018 for a Nepalese covered box in the form of Jalamanusha; and two more in the Dallas Museum of Art (acc. #PG.2012.6) and another in the Nalin collection published in Vajracharya, Nepalese Seasons, Rain and Ritual, New York, 2016, p.45, no.5.Condition Report: Generally in good condition. Indentation, tarnish to metal, and scattered verdigris commensurate with age. Some expected casting flaws.

Twenty-one Chinese porcelain snuff bottles19th and 20th century, one with apocryphal Qianlong markComprising thirteen famille rose snuff bottles, including one with peacock-feather decoration and apocryphal Qianlong mark, 4.6cm high without stoppers; and one decorated with a caparisoned elephant, 6cm high without stoppers; and eight enamelled snuff bottles, including one enamelled with a kitten and butterfly, 5.4cm high without stoppers; a 'sanyang' bottle, 6.2cm high without stoppers; and an iron-red and gilt bottle enamelled with a warrior, 5.5cm high without stoppers (21).十九及二十世紀 瓷鼻煙壺二十一件Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the yearsCondition Report: Expected firing imperfections and surface wear. At least two  snuff bottles with long hairlines. At least one snuff bottle with significant rim chip and section of neck restuck. A third bottle has been broken off through the body and restuck. Many others with nibbling.

A Chinese carved 'melon' pebble-form snuff bottleQing dynasty, 19th centuryThe pale green pebble carved through the skin in the form of an elongated melon, the lobes and leaves finely incised, with a few faint traces of skin, 5.2cm high without stopper.清十九世紀 青玉雕瓜果紋鼻煙壺Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the years.Condition Report: Light nibbling around the mouth. A few faint natural inclusions and fissures to stone.

Five Chinese monochrome-glazed snuff bottlesEarly-late Qing dynastyComprising: two moulded qingbai-glazed bottles, 5.5cm high without stoppers; an emerald green-glazed bottle with moulded handles, 6.5cm high without stopper; an iron-red ground bottle with faded gilt decoration, 5.7cm high without stopper; and a blue-glazed bottle of shaped cylindrical form, 6.2cm high without stopper (5).清 單色釉鼻煙壺五件Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the yearsCondition Report: One of the Qingbai-glazed bottles with a hairline to the edge of the rim. The gilt and iron red bottle with extensive rubbing to gilt and enamel. All with expected firing imperfections and surface wear including a few scattered nibbles to rim.

Five Chinese blue and white and one blue and white and underglaze red snuff bottleLate Qing dynasty, 19th/20th century and 20th centuryThe blue and white bottles variously of cylindrical, tapering cylindrical, hexagonal, double gourd and flattened rectangular shape,6cm-7.5cm high without stoppers; the underglaze red and blue bottle in the shape of a Ming-style flask, with apocryphal hall mark to base, 6cm high without stopper (6).清晚期及二十世紀 青花繪鼻煙壺五件及青花釉裡紅鼻煙壺一件Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the yearsCondition Report: Underglaze red bottle has lost both handles. The others with expected wear, light firing imperfections, and the occasional nibble.

Three Chinese red overlay translucent glass 'horses' snuff bottlesQing dynasty, 19th centuryOne carved with horses under willows, with mock-embossed- mask-and-loop handles, associated stopper, 6.8cm high without stopper; another carved with a horse also in a willow grove, looking at this under on one side, and at the moon on the other, associated stopper, 6cm high without stopper; the third, on translucent snowstorm glass ground, carved on each side with a horse looking at the sun, associated stopper, 6cm high without stopper (3).清十九世紀 套紅料駿馬紋鼻煙壺三件Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the years.Condition Report: Light wear and a couple of tiny nibbles, as expected with age. Faint star hairline to base of bottle with willow and sun/moon. Horizontal hairline across pear-shaped sun bottle, to one side. Faint star-shaped flaw to base of willow and horse bottle.

Eight Chinese monochrome snuff bottlesQing dynasty, 19th centuryComprising: an iron-rust cylindrical bottle, 9.5cm high without stopper; a crackled mustard-glazed pear-shaped bottle, 7.8cm high without stopper; a crackled apple-green-glazed cylindrical bottle, 8.6cm high without stopper; a crackled mustard yellow-glazed cylindrical bottle, 7.5cm high without stopper; a copper-red-glazed baluster bottle, 7.5cm high without stopper; two crackled pink-glazed baluster shaped bottles, 7.7cm and 7.4cm high without stoppers;  and a robin's-egg-glazed pear-shaped bottle, underglaze blue three-character hallmark to base, 6.2cm high without stopper (8).清十九世紀 單色釉鼻煙壺八件Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the yearsCondition Report: Expected wear and firing imperfections including pitting and firing cracks; many bottles with extensive craquelure to glaze.

One Chinese copper red and one blue and white 'dragon' snuff bottleQing dynasty, 19th century, the red with apocryphal Qianlong markThe first finely painted under the glaze in a copper pigment fired a bright red with green accents, with two writhing dragons chasing a flaming pearl above waves, the base with underglaze blue six-character mark, stopper,  8.2cm high, the second painted with a pair of confronting dragons chasing a flaming pearl amongst billowing clouds, the base with a further dragon, stopper, 7.6cm high (2).清十九世紀 釉裡紅龍紋鼻煙壺及青花龍紋鼻煙壺，青花楷書「大清乾隆年製」寄托款Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the yearsCondition Report: The iron red bottle with surface wear  to glaze which is highlighted by UV inspection although it does not appear to be damage or restoration. One fine/tiny rim hairline going down neck that is only visible under UV inspection and two tiny rim frits nearby.The underglaze blue bottle with some traces of old tape glue to the side. Both feet may have been slightly ground down.

A fine Chinese copper-red 'dragon' cylindrical snuff bottleQing dynasty, Imperial workshops, 1810-1860With wide mouth with gently convex lip and slightly concave base surrounded by a wide, flat foot, the cylindrical body finely painted in a bright underglaze red with a pair of sinuous dragons emerging from tumultuous waves to chase a flaming pearl, the shoulder and neck with further clouds, the copper fired to a lively red with a few spots of greyish-green under the slightly bluish, transparent glaze, associated stopper, 7.9cm high without stopper.一八一零 - 一八六零 御製釉裡紅龍紋鼻煙壺Cf. the painting on the present bottle is extremely precise and fired to an ideal colour; see a slightly earlier bottle of slightly different shape but comparable decoration in the Meriem collection, part II,19 March 2008, lot 201.Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the yearsCondition Report: Some overpainting to base and edge of foot, approx. 30mm long.Expected mild firing imperfections and surface wear.

Three Chinese metal snuff bottles and one Indian white metal snuff bottleLate Qing dynasty, 19th century - 20th centuryComprising: one bronze bottle cast in relief with Shoulao and deer, with matching stopper, 19th century, 7.2cm high without and 8.2cm high with stopper; a champlevé bottle with floral designs and loose ring handles, associated stopper,4.7cm high without stopper, a small Mongolian-style copper flask-shaped stopper with inlaid turquoise and coral beads, the matching stopper connected by a chain, 3.1cm high without and 3.5cm high with stopper; the Indian bottle and matching screw-on stopper also decorated with floral motifs, 6cm high without and 6.5cm high with stopper (4).Provenance: the Shoulao bottle, Christie's South Kensington, 11 November 2005, lot 501.晚清 鐵鼻煙壺及印度白鐵鼻煙壺Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the yearsCondition Report: All with various levels of wear. Shoulao bottle with some surface discolouration and a few minute nicks.  Flask-shaped bottle with extensive wear to gilt and some cracking around mouth and stopper. Enamel bottle with wear to gilt ground. Indian bottle with bruising around foot.

A Chinese underglaze red and blue and white 'narrative scene' snuff bottleQing dynasty, 19th centuryPainted in cobalt blue and copper red with a sage overlooking a scene of a lake with anthropomorphic turtles, on the side a celestial lady looking at a baby toddling over to a tiger, all with dwellings and billowing clouds in the background, 7.5cm high without stopper.清十九世紀 青花釉裡仙人靈獸圖紋鼻煙壺Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the yearsCondition Report: Some light wear, especially to the shoulder, and two spots of surface residue to shoulder.

Three Chinese glass snuff bottlesQing dynasty, 19th centuryComprising: two bottles imitating agate, 6.5cm and 5.7cm high without stoppers; and one tall cylindrical bottle made of pink and brown striped white glass, 8cm high without stopper (3).清十九世紀 料鼻煙壺三件Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the years.Condition Report: Expected light wear and bubbles. The imitation-agate bottles with nibbling to mouths.

Two Chinese enamelled on sgraffiato ground 'dragons' snuff bottlesLate Qing dynastyThe first of gently tapering cylindrical shape, with eight dragons in profile, each of various colours, surrounding a front-facing purple one, the base with traces of a front-facing ninth dragon, stopper, 8.cm high; the second of baluster form, with four winged creatures flying beside a winged dragon and a winged dragon with a beak, stopper, 7.2cm high (2).清晚期 軋道加彩龍紋鼻煙壺兩件Cf. a bottle of identical decoration, but slightly different in shape, to the cylindrical was in the Gerry P. Mack collection, sold by Christie's, New York, 25 October 1997, lot 345.Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the yearsCondition Report: The cylindrical bottle with a tiny hairline to rim which can be visible only under UV inspection. Very light rubbing to enamels to both, otherwise generally good. The dragon to the base of the cylindrical bottle has mostly been rubbed off and only traces of it can be seen.

Two Chinese agate snuff bottlesLate Qing dynastyEach well-hollowed and standing on a short, oval foot ring, set to the shoulders with a pair of animal-mask-and-ring handles, jadeite and green quartz stoppers, 6.6cm and 5.8cm high without stoppers (2).清晚期 瑪瑙雕鼻煙壺兩件Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the years.Condition Report: The taller bottle with a few tiny nibbles to the exterior edge of the mouth and with several fissures to the body. Both with expected natural inclusions and a few faint fissures.

Six Chinese enamelled snuff bottlesLate Qing dynasty-first half of 20th centuryComprising: a yellow-enamelled bottle moulded as a cob of corn, associated stopper, 7.4cm high without; a green-enamelled snuff bottle, carved in reticulation with bats around shou medallions on each side, associated stopper, 6.4cm high without stopper; a moulded bottle enamelled with aubergine and green dragons on a mustard yellow ground, associates stopper, 6.1cm high without stopper; a bottle moulded and enamelled as s lotus leaf flanked with two budding flowers, associated stopper, 7cm high without stopper; a green bottle moulded and enamelled with a dragon and a phoenix, 7.2cm high without stopper; and a light blue ground bottle moulded and enamelled on either side with a lotus leaf and blossom, associated stopper, 5.3cm high (6).清晚期/二十世紀上半業 鼻煙壺六件Cf. for an enamelled bottle in the shape of an ear of corn, and one in the shape of a lotus pod, see Hou Yi-Li, Lifting the Spirit and Body: The Art and Culture of Snuff Bottles, National Palace Museum, Taiwan, 2021, pl. III-104 and III-101, pp.218-219.Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the yearsCondition Report: From left to right in catalogue photo: 1 (phoenix) & 2 (cob of corn) with expected surface wear, especially along the edges of the relief design, and a couple of tiny nibbles to foot; a small unglazed patch to side to bottle 1. 3 (blue with lotus) some light scratches and expected firing imperfections. 4. (dragons bottle): one fine glaze line running horizontally to one side, probably occurred in firing; one small infilled flake to the exterior of the rim, and one small hairline running along the rim (approx. 3mm long); foot slightly ground down. 5. (lime green reticulated) at least one very tiny nibble to reticulated design. Glaze rubbed off foot in places. Light surface wear and a few light firing imperfections including some shallow firing cracks around the neck. Possibly a hairline to the inner core, evinced through the reticulation. 6 (lotus pod) a few small patches of light scratching and two tiny flakes to enamels.

Three Chinese 'scattered canes' snuff bottlesLate Qing dynasty/Early 20th centuryComprising one in translucent glass, stopper, 5.2cm high without stopper; one in white glass, stopper, 4.8cm high without stopper; and one in pink glass with matching stopper, 5.3cm without stopper, 6cm high overall (3).Provenance: The pink one purchased by the current owner, Dragon House, San Francisco, 19 August 2014 (card receipt)清晚期/二十世紀早期 料鼻煙壺三件來源：其中粉料鼻煙壺由現藏家購於Dragon House，聖佛朗西斯科，2014年8月19日。（卡機收據）Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the years.Condition Report: Light wear, bubbles. otherwise generally good.

Five Chinese overlay snuff bottles20th centuryComprising: a blue overlay on white glass melon-shaped snuff bottle, 5cm wide; a six-colour overlay on snowstorm ground bottle carved on each side with five bats around a 'shou' roundel, above braking waves, 5.7cm high without stopper; a five-colour overlay on snowstorm ground bottle carved with chilong above breaking waves, 6.7cm high; a three-colour overlay on white glass bottle decorated with peonies, 5.3cm high without stopper; and a six-colour overlay on translucent snowstorm ground bottle carved with carps, 5.4cm high without stopper (5).二十世紀 套料鼻煙壺五件Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the years.Condition Report: Scattered nibbles, bubbles and expected manufacturing imperfections and wear.

Two Chinese blue and white and underglaze copper snuff bottles Qing dynasty, 19th centuryThe first painted with a handler leading three camels, 8.6cm high without stopper; the second painted with a meander of leafy flowers, the copper fired a bright red and green, 8cm high without stopper (2).清十九世紀 青花釉裡紅鼻煙壺兩件Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the yearsCondition Report: Light wear and expected firing imperfections, otherwise generally good.

Four Chinese famille rose moulded snuff bottlesLate Qing dynasty/Republic period, apocryphal Qianlong marksThe first typically decorated with the eighteen luohans, the other three each with lively narrative scenes, the bases all with iron-red four-character seal marks, stoppers, 7cm, 7.2cm, 7.5cm and 8.4cm high. (4).晚清/民國 粉彩鼻煙壺四件，礬紅篆書「乾隆年製」寄托款Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the yearsCondition Report: The ladies snuff bottle with small infilled chip just beneath the mouth rim.The 'weaving and tilling' bottle with fine firing cracks to the base, the mouth slightly ground down and re-gilded.The luohan bottle with a fine hairline running from shoulder to above the foot, possibly stemming from a firing flaw due to its irregular nature. A small nibble above the foot and some fritting to rim.Shipwreck bottle with fine firing flaw under the glaze across the base along the moulding line.All with expected surface wear and firing imperfections.

A Chinese cloisonné-enamel 'lotus' snuff bottle and stopperQing dynasty, possibly Imperial workshops, Qianlong/Jiaqing periodEnamelled throughout with leafy scrolling Indian lotus on a turquoise ground, matching stopper, 5.1cm high without and 6.1cm high with stopper.清乾隆/嘉慶 御製（約）銅胎掐絲琺瑯蓮紋鼻煙壺Cf. this was a pattern popular on various media, but specifically on large cloisonné vases, since the early Qing dynasty at least. A similar, but slightly earlier, bottle, with comparable foot and mouth, was sold by Christie's, Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the JJ Collection, 25 April 2004, lot 812.Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the yearsCondition Report: Expected old wear including a couple of insignificant shallow flakes to enamels and a few tiny pits; otherwise generally good. There is a little streak of surface residue which is highlighted under UV inspection, however this does not appear to relate to damage but rather ingrained dirt to surface/slight tarnishing of gilt cloisons.

Five Chinese famille rose snuff bottlesQing dynasty, 19th century - 20th centuryComprising: a 'Canton' famille rose snuff bottle, 6.2cm high without stopper; a tapering cylindrical bottle enamelled with two lady Immortals on a raft boat, 7cm high without stopper; a cylindrical bottle enamelled with peaches, 6.8cm high without stopper; a pear-shaped bottle enamelled on each side with a scrolling gourd medallion, 6.8cm high without stopper; and a bottle enamelled with a landscape, 5.7cm high without stopper, all with associated stoppers (5)清十九 - 二十世紀 粉彩繪鼻煙壺五件Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the yearsCondition Report: General expected wear and firing imperfections, including pitting and a few very fine firing cracks, otherwise good.

Two Chinese rock crystal snuff bottles and one translucent glass imitating crystal snuff bottleLate Qing dynastyComprising: a plain rock crystal bottle of flattened tapering rectangular form, 6cm high without stopper; a crystal bottle of flattened scalloped circular section, incised with a shou medallion to either side, 5.2cm high without stopper; and a translucent glass bottle, carved with a pagoda by a pine on one side, and figures in a boat to the other, under a three-character inscription, 6.2cm high without stopper (3).清晚期 水晶雕鼻煙壺兩件及透明料鼻煙壺一件Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the years.Condition Report: Crystal bottles with expected inclusions and fissures to stone; the carved one also with hairline to foot, approx. 7mm long, and a shorter hairline to rim; the pain one with small rim chip. Glass bottl with shallow flake to foot. All with expected wear and a few nibbles.

Three Chinese copper-red and blue and white 'dragon' snuff bottlesLate Qing dynastyThe first finely painted with a sinuous cobalt-blue dragon emerging from copper-red clouds to chase a flaming pearl, stopper,  8.2cm high; the second with a pair of confronting copper-red dragons chasing a flaming pearl whilst emerging from tumultuous cobalt-blue waves, stopper, 7.2cm high; the third also with a blue dragon emerging from a copper-red sky, the base with copper-red waves, 8.2cm high (3).清晚期 青花釉裡紅龍紋鼻煙壺三件Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the yearsCondition Report: The tapering cylindrical bottle to the left of the catalogue picture with large section of the upper body broken off and restuck, with a number of associated hairlines.The other two with mouth slightly polished off, the one with two dragons above waves also with a small chip to the exterior of the foot which has been infilled with a translucent material.

A Chinese blue and white 'Ming-style lotus' snuff bottleQing dynasty, Qianlong mark and periodThe cylindrical body painted with a continuous lotus meander, the base with four-character seal mark in cobalt blue, stopper, 7cm high.清乾隆 仿明式青花蓮紋鼻煙壺，青花篆書「乾隆年製」款Cf. snuff bottles in this pattern were popular from the Kangxi period and throughout the 18th century. A bottle of the same shape and decoration, but unmarked, dated to the Kangxi period, is illustrated in The Complete Treasures of the Palace Museum, The Commercial Press, Hong Kong, 2003, pl. 295; another similar from the Qianlong period is illustrated by R. Hall, Chinese Snuff Bottle Masterpieces from the Rietberg Museum Zuerich, Zuerich, 1993, pl.10.Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the yearsCondition Report: Some light wear around the shoulder, mouth and cylindrical body, otherwise generally good.

A Chinese pale green and russet jade snuff bottleQing dynasty, 19th centuryThe mottled pale stone of a pale green/whitish hue, very well hollowed and standing on a slightly concave, oval foot, the gently rounded shoulders carved with mock-embossed animal-mask-and-loop handles, one of the flat sides with traces of the original skin, coral stopper, 5cm high without stopper.清十九世紀 帶皮玉雕鼻煙壺連珊瑚蓋Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the years.Condition Report: Expected natural inclusions and at least one fine tiny fissure.

A Chinese ruby glass snuff bottleQing dynasty, 19th centuryCarved with paired animal-mask-and-ring handles, jadeite stopper with ivory spoon carved as a hand, 5.2cm high without stopper.Provenance: Dragon House, San Francisco, 21 July 2015 (faded card payment receipt).清十九世紀 胭脂紅料鼻煙壺來源：Dragon House, 聖佛朗西斯科, 2015年7月21日（卡機收據）。Cf. See The Meriem Collection, Part II, lot 287, for a slightly earlier, finer bottle of the same design. Ivory Exemption Number: 3VKB8PJUSnuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the years.Condition Report: Expected light wear and a few scattered tiny nibbles and some bubbles to glass.

Six Chinese blue and white snuff bottlesQing dynasty, 19th centuryComprising: a large moulded example decorated with Buddhist lions, 8cm high without stopper; an oviform bottle painted with dragons emerging from clouds, 7.5cm high without stopper; another ovoid bottle, painted with prunus, 6.3cm high without stopper; a bottle painted with a bird perched on a flowering branch, 7.5cm high without stopper; a small bottle painted with a scholar, 5.6cm high without stopper; and a small cylindrical bottle painted with two horses under a willow, 4.7cm high without stopper (6).清十九世紀 青花繪鼻煙壺六件Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the yearsCondition Report: Second smallest bottle covered in wide glaze craquelure. All with expected light wear, firing imperfections including some pitting and areas of pulled glaze, and a few scattered tiny nibbled to extremities.

A Chinese 'monkeys' smoky quartz snuff bottleQing dynasty, 19th centuryFinely carved as a seated monkey holding a peach in her lap, her infant clambering over her shoulder the details well-formed and finely proportioned, green jadeite stopper, 4.6cm high without stopper.清十九世紀 煙晶雕猴式鼻煙壺Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the years.Condition Report: Expected light wear including some tiny nibbles to the edge of the mouth; expected natural inclusions and a few fine natural fissures to stone.

A Chinese pale green and russet jade 'lychees' snuff bottleQing dynasty, 18th/19th centuryCarved in reticulation as a group of lychees supported by their leafy tendrils, gilt metal and coral stopper, 4.2cm high without stopper.清十八/十九世紀 青玉雕荔枝式鼻煙壺Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the years.Condition Report: Natural inclusions and fissures to stone.

A Chinese pale green and mushroom jade 'chilong' snuff bottleQing dynasty, 19th centuryThe well-hollowed bottle carved from a pale green stone with some suffused cloudy-white inclusions, one side with a soft mushroom inclusion carved in shallow relief as a pair of archaistic confronting chilong, gilt metal-mounted coral stopper, 6.8cm high without stopper.清十九世紀 帶皮青玉雕螭龍紋鼻煙壺Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the years.Condition Report: A couple of insignificant nibbles to edges of mouth and rim. Expected natural inclusions.

A Chinese white jade pebble-form snuff bottleQing dynasty, 19th centuryCarved from a pale, even stone, gilt metal and turquoise stopper, 5.6cm long without stopper.清晚期 白玉雕鼻煙壺Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the years.Condition Report: Expected faint natural fissures and inclusions in the stone.

A gilt and silvered Mongolian-style snuff bottle and stopperQing dynasty, 18th/19th centuryComprising: one bottle with silvered and gilt reticulated repoussé copper outer body decorated with Buddhist Emblems and bats centred around a coral cabochon on either side, the screw-on lid set with coral and turquoise cabochons, 6cm high without and 7.5cm high with stopper.清十八/十九世紀 局部鎏金銀蒙古式鼻煙壺Cf. a snuff bottle of similar shape and identical construction, also with central coral cabochon to either side, from the Tuyet Nguyet and Stephen Marketbreiter Collection, dated 19th century, sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 3 December 2021, lot 1114.Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the yearsCondition Report: Expected light wear, including a couple of insignificant surface nicks. Some of the cabochons may have been replaced at some point.

Four Chinese crackle-glazed snuff bottlesLate Qing dynasty/Republic period-20th centuryTwo of baluster shape, painted with underglaze blue figures, 6.5cm and 8cm high without stopper; another, also of baluster shape, with copper red figures around the shoulder, associated stopper, 8.2cm high without stopper; and a plain cylindrical shape bottle, 8cm high without stopper (4).晚清 - 二十世紀 冰裂紋鼻煙壺四件Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the yearsCondition Report: All with expected surface wear and mild firing imperfections. All covered in crackled glazes which show up under UV and make the detection of hairlines very hard - it appears that none are present, but prospective buyers are encouraged to satisfy themselves upon physical inspection.

Two Chinese silver and gold inlaid lacquered wood snuff bottlesQing dynastyEach inlaid to one side with flowers, one with oriental lily, the other with camellias, the reverse with stylised leafy scrolls, both 6.7cm high without stopper (2).清 紅木漆彩錯金銀鼻煙壺兩件Cf. For a similarly inlaid bottle, dated by inscription to 1895, see Bob C. Stevens, The Collector's Book of snuff Bottles, Weatherhill, New York/Tokyo, 1976, pl. 746.Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the years.Condition Report: Expected old wear including some light tarnishing to metal and some light surface residue to neck.

A Chinese 'silhouette' agate pebble-form snuff bottleQing dynasty, 19th centuryThe small pebble well-hollowed from a white-greyish stone, one side with banded inclusions, the other with dark brown inclusions variously resembling an insect, fruits, leaves and a crab, the natural forms skillfully and subtly enhanced by the carver, agate stopper, 4.6cm high without stopper.清十九世紀 瑪瑙雕瓜果蟹紋鼻煙壺Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the years.Condition Report: Expected inclusions and general fine natural fissures to stone. Tiny nibbles to edge of mouth.

A Chinese pale green and russet jade flattened snuff bottleLate Qing dynastyThe flattened, rectangular shape carved from a pale green stone with a suffused russet inclusion, one side with traces of the red skin, green glass stopper, 5.6cm high.清晚期 帶皮玉雕鼻煙壺Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the years.Condition Report: Light surface wear, nibbling to mouth, natural inclusions.

Four Chinese enamelled snuff bottlesQing dynasty, 19th century - first half of 20th centuryComprising: a wucai 'hundred boys' spade-shaped bottle, with three-character seal mark to base, 6.2cm high without stopper;  an ovoid bottle enamelled with a farmer enticing a deer with a basket of fruit, 6cm high without stopper; a flattened bottle decorated with landscapes,  7cm high; and a bottle enamelled in black, iron red and yellow, with a boy and his mother on a rickshaw, 6.8cm high without stopper (4).清十九世紀 - 二十世紀上半業 鼻煙壺五件Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the yearsCondition Report: Light surface wear and rubbing to enamels on all, otherwise generally good.

Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.A fine Chinese white and russet jade snuff bottleQing dynasty, second half of 19th century, seal mark of Tie'AnThe even, white stone carved in a baluster shape with tall cylindrical neck and straight, wide mouth, one side preserving the original russet skin, the flat base finely carved in shallow relief with the seal mark, 銕庵 Tie'An, green hardstone stopper, 5.3cm high without stopper.清十九世紀 帶皮白玉雕鼻煙壺，「銕庵」款Ivory Exemption Number: 2DKDE13ZSnuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the years.Condition Report: Mouth not perfectly circular. A few very tiny nibbles to edges of mouth. Natural inclusions and a few almost invisible natural fissures.

each brightly famille-rose enamelled to the interior with a quatrefoil panel enclosing a seated lady playing a qin, encircled in the well by a grisaille foliate scroll on a dense trellis diaper band, the everted rim with floral cartouches reserved on a silvered ground, 22.7cm diameter Provenance: Acquired from Polly Latham Asian Art, Boston, Massachusetts, 26 August 1999. Footnote: For a similar dish see, William R. Sargent, Chinese Porcelain in the Conde Collection, Madrid, 2014, p. 213, no. 73.

the baluster body rising from a recessed base to a short neck and everted rim, set at the shoulder with three lug handles, painted around the exterior with two floral scroll bands, 31cm high Provenance: Acquired from Jonathan Tucker and Antonia Toser Asian Art, London.

the deep rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to an everted rim, carved in relief around the exterior with two pairs of stylised dragons, 16cm diameter Provenance: Acquired from Jonathan Tucker and Antonia Tozer Asian Art, London, 16th November 2000.

the deep rounded sides rising from a short straight foot, brightly enamelled around the exterior with two large shaped cartouches enclosing figures in a lakeside pavilion, divided by two similar smaller cartouches and all reserved on a dense honeycomb ground, the interior with a bamboo medallion enclosing a large basket of flowers, all encircled at the rim by an elaborate leafy scrolling grapevine band, 28.7cm diameter Provenance: Acquired from Polly Latham Asian Art, Boston, Massachusetts, 6 December 1998.

the rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot to a broad everted flaring rim, brightly enamelled to the interior with a medallion enclosing the Daoist Immortal standing holding a lingzhi, to her side stands a small boy carrying a basket and to her other side stands a deer with a large peach spray in its jaws, all encircled by a geometric band at the well and four large composite floral sprays at the rim, 39.3cm diameter Provenance: Polly Latham Asian Art, Boston, Massachusetts. Footnote: For a very similar dish, see Christie's Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Textiles, London, 9 November 2016, lot 344.

Collection of reference books and catalogues to include Chinese, Tibetan and Japaneseto include 'Hiroshige Birds and Flowers', introduction by Cynthea J. Bogel, commentaries on plates by Israel Goldman, poetry translated from the Japanese by Alfred H. Marks, George Braziller, Inc., New York in association with The Rhode Island School of Design, USA, 1988,'Highly Important Japanese Prints from the Henri Vever Collection: Final Part', London, Thursday 30 October 1997, Sotheby's, Sale LN7648 "Vever",'The Essence of Chinese Paintings', Roger Goepper, translated by Michael Bullock, Boston Book and Art Shop, Boston, Massachusetts, Library of Congress Catalogue No. 63-17534, Percy Lund, Humphries & Co Ltd, 1963 and'Wisdom and Compassion The Sacred Art of Tibet', Marylin M. Rhie, Robert A. F. Thurman, photographs by John Bigelow Taylor, published on the occassion of Wisdom and Compassion: The Sacred Art of Tibet, an exhibition organised by the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco in conjunction with Tibet House, New York, Thames and Hudson, London, 1991 (13) At present, there is no condition report prepared for this lot, this in no way indicates a good condition, please contact the saleroom for a condition report.

Collection of catalogues on Asian ArtBonhams, to include Clouds of Heavenly Blessings: A Pair of Exceptionally Rare Imperial Doucai Waterpots, 2 June 2016, Hong Kong; Fine Chinese Art, 6 November 2014, London, catalogue no. 21355; The Roy Davids Collection of Chinese Ceramics, 6 November 2014, London, catalogue no. 22659; Fine Chinese Art, 16 May 2013, London, catalogue no. 20579; Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 30 May 2017, Hong Kong, catalogue no. 24017; Fine Chinese Art, 17 May 2012, London, catalogue no. 20108 (12) At present, there is no condition report prepared for this lot, this in no way indicates a good condition, please contact the saleroom for a condition report.

BOOKS, FAR EAST ASIAN ART. A more varied box to include Korean art and artefacts.

African and Southeast Asian Art - a Batak Indonesian bronze ancestor sculpture, 11cm high; a pair of bronze Bwami figures, probably Congalese, each 11.5cm high (3)

A LARGE COLLECTION OF ASIAN ART CATALOGUES FROM SOTHEBY'S, CHRISTIES, SPINK AND OTHER AUCTION HOUSES AND GALLERIES (60 IN TOTAL), Earliest catalogue dated 1976.

Ca. AD 900 - 1000 .A Javanese 18 ct gold ring with ruby cabochon set in oval bezel decorated with a filigree line around. It is round hooped with four triangular gold pieces gripping the ruby. For similar see: Sotheby's, MAGNIFICENT LUSTRE SOUTHEAST ASIAN GOLD JEWELLERY AND ORNAMENTS FROM AN ASIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION, Auction 1 - 8 September 2022. This piece has undergone X-ray fluorescence analysis to confirm the metallurgical content suggesting its ancient origin and lack of modern trace elements. This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. Size: D:19.15mm / US: 9 1/4 / UK: S; Weight: 24g Provenance: Private Central London collection; ex. UK art market 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

Ca. AD 1400 - 1600.A Javanese gold finger ring with a round hoop and a twisted section. The bezel is decorated with the moon. For similar see: Sotheby's magnificent lustre south asian gold jewellery and ornaments from an Asian private collection, 01-08.09.2022, Lot. 31. Size: D:15.49mm / US: 4 3/4 / UK: J; Weight: 3g Provenance: Property of a London Islamic art specialist collector; previously in a family London collection formed since the 1980s.

Exhibition of Female Forms in Asian Art, 26 January-2 March 1980: Sculpture of India, Himalaya and South-East Asia Gallery De Ruimte Eersel 1980 Paperback. 33 pages, 33 black and white illustrations. English Good, used condition. Provenance: From the library of the late Tom White M.B.E. (1940-2019)

Important Tibetan, Nepalese, Indian and Southeast Asian Works of Art Sotheby's London 29938 Paperback. 81 pages, numerous black and white and colour illustrations. English Covers soiled. Internally clean.

Persian and Islamic, Indian, Himalayan and South East Asian Works of Art Christie's London 30237 Paperback. 45 pages, 1 colour and multiple black and white illustrations. English Good, used condition.