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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 Amber/Orange Chalcedony Snuff Bottle – 19th Cty Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Pre 1920   item# 982679 (stock# ICHI 2138)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 295.00  This is a lovely orange/amber colored snuff bottle made of chalcedony. It is a nice size – measuring 2” high by 1 ¾” wide by 1 1/8” thick – not including the stopper, When held to the light there are some cloudy areas in the stone. The stopper is a white agate with streaks of rust orange and the spoon is made of bamboo. We believe it is possible that this could be the original stopper - there is a crack in the top piece. The bottle has a very well formed foot and is very well hollowed. We date ...click for details

A Rare Bamboo Snuff Bottle – Qing Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Pre 1900   item# 978233 (stock# ICHI 2219)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 1250.00  One of the most rare forms of Chinese snuff bottles are those made of organic materials - except for ivory. Among the other organic materials used, one of the most rare is bamboo. Because of is fragility when carved it is very difficult to carve without splitting the bamboo. Here we have a superb example of a bamboo snuff bottle in excellent condition. We have many books on the great snuff bottle collections in the world and have only found 2-3 bamboo bottles out of thousands of bottles. ...click for details

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

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