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ICHIBAN STARTING TO CLOSE DOWN. We are starting to close down our business, a process that will take us a couple of years - age and health issues tell us it is time. We still have over 1300 items either currently listed on our website catalog or still to be posted onto it. So, from now on ALL ITEMS IN THE CATALOG MAY BE PURCHASED AT 40 % OFF THE LISTED PRICE. At these low prices, we do ask that you pay shipping and insurance charges for all items purchased. We reserve the right to require a 15 % re-stocking fee in cases where the reason for the return is suspect. With thanks for your years of patronage, we look forward to serving you until the last items are sold.

An Unusual Single Overlay Snuff Bottle - Qing Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Pre 1920   item# 398001  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $495.00  Very delicately carved dark blue/purple overlay Peking Glass bottle – the front and back each deeply carved in the shape of a stylized gui (mallow) flower - on a golden honey-like semi-translucent base. On the two thinner sides stalks of bamboo have been carved from the overlay glass. Well hollowed. Mint and original condition. We date this bottle to the late 19th to early 20th century, Qing dynasty. Height: 5.75 cm, Width: 4.50 cm.

A Chinese Medicine Bottle Snuff Bottle -Qing Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Pre 1900   item# 395221  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $225.00  This snuff bottle was made from an early Chinese blue and white medicine bottle with the addition of the domed round stone stopper and attached spoon. We date it to the late 18th to early 19th century. There are five characters on each side done in underglaze blue on a white body. The bottle is the topped with the light purple/brown stone stopper with ivory spoon It measures 2 3/8" long by 1 3/16" wide at the waist by 3/4" thick. Fine condition - a small nick on the foot – 18th/ ...click for details

A 19th Century Red Overlay Snuff Bottle – Dragons Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Pre 1900   item# 394516 (stock# Ichi 4193)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 895.00  An excellent single overlay snuff bottle in elongated flattened oval form. A red overlay atop a snowflake ground and set on a well defined raised oval foot. Carved through the red overlay are two well defined and crisp dragons that curl around the two sides – one over the other – and both chasing the sacred pearl. A soft celadon colored stopper with an ivory spoon – probably not the original The bottle measures just under 2 5/8" tall exclusive of the stopper and is 1 5/8" wide at its w ...click for details

Rare Macaroni Agate (Dendrical Chalcedony) Snuff Bottle Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Pre 1920   item# 392045 (stock# Ichi 4186)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $895.00  A rare dendrifical chalcedony snuff bottle – also known as “macaroni agate” or “macaroni quartz”. That unusual material is characterized by the unusual "tubes" caught in the milky agate material. It almost looks like lichen was petrified in the agate. The bottle is in the rounded oval shape – slightly flattened – and stands on a well defined raised oval foot. This exceptional snuff stands 2 5/8" tall by 1 3/4" at the waist by 1" thick. It is topped with a snowflake obsid ...click for details

A Carved Dark Agate Snuff Bottle - Kwanyin Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Pre 1920   item# 366735  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $695.00  A dark agate snuff bottle carved on one side with a finely detailed relief sculpture of Kwanyin seated in the posture or Royal Repose. Nice rounded rock crystal stopper attached to an ivory spoon, believed to be the original. The bottle measures 2" tall including the stopper by 1 5/8" wide at its widest x 1/2" thick. Excellent condition. We date this bottle to the late Qing - circa 1890-1920.

A 19th Century Black and White Jade Snuff Bottle Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Pre 1900   item# 362035 (stock# Ichi 4138)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $895.00  A grey nephrite Jade snuff bottle with darker gray/black spotted bands – an orange colored stone stopper - probably the original – of a slightly flatted round ovoid form on a flat oval base – well hollowed 2 1/2" high including the stopper by 1 5/8" wide by 1" thick – excellent condition – dates to mid to late 19th century.

An Early Agate Snuff Bottle - Qing Dynasty Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Pre 1900   item# 356379 (stock# Ichi 2433)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $550.00  A fairly large orange colored agate snuff bottle with a nice white and orange glass stopper. Form is a fat rounded oval on a raised oval foot. The bottle is very well hollowed and measures a full 2 1/2" high including the stopper by 1 7/8" wide at the shoulder by 1 1/8" thick. It stands on a perfectly formed wide oval foot - wooden spoon attached to the stopper. Excellent condition and coloration - one very tiny nick on the rim - see last photo. We date this bottle to the mid to ...click for details

A Moss Agate Snuff Bottle -Late 19th-Early 20th C. Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Pre 1920   item# 354331  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $595.00  A lovely moss agate snuff bottle in a rounded flatted shape on a flat oval base. Measures 2 1/6" high exclusive of the stooper and is 2" wide by 1" thick. The stopper must have had a stone at one time, however it is long gone and only the remains of a cork base and silver collar are attached to the ivory spoon. Probably not the original stopper as the spoon is short relative to the bottle's height. The bottle is extremely well hollowed and in excellent condition with no chips ...click for details

A Milky White Snuff Bottle w/Colored Streaks Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Pre 1920   item# 340126 (stock# Ichi 1770)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $495.00  This bottle is a bit of a puzzle to us - we were of the opinion originally that it is made of glass with the yellow and orange streaks added to the milky white glass body. However, in looking at the bottle through a strong light we find the kind of graininess and shadowy areas that are much more characteristic of agate bottles. Moreover, the dimpled oval foot shows the signs of tooling as opposed to molding that we would associate with agate compared to a glass bottle. Whatever the medium is, th ...click for details

A Glass Snuff Bottle - Mint Green w/Dark Red Overlay Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Pre 1900   item# 339216  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $595.00  A flattened ovoid single overlay snuff bottle on a fine raised oval foot. The dark mint green grainy glass ground body has a single overlay of dark red that has been expertly carved on both sides with a stylized open peony flower. The dark red against the dark mint green makes the overlay color look almost purple, however seen against a light it is clearly red. The bottle dates from the mid to late 19th century and is 2 3/16" high by 1 3/4" wide by 3/4" thick. Excellent condition ...click for details

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