Official School, 1750-1850 — A DENDRITIC CHALCEDONY SNUFF BOTTLE

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Estimate: $1,800–$2,200 hammer
Result: upcoming — 11 November 2022
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Sale: Bonhams — Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of the Late Manfred Arnold, Part II, and Chinese Works of Art and Paintings, Online, New York · 11 November 2022
Record ID: TB-2026-470755
Record: first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 20 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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A Dendritic Chalcedony Snuff Bottle, Official School, 1750-1850. Bonhams, 11 Nov 2022, lot 58. estimate $1,800–$2,200, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-470755.

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70% chance this lot finds a buyer · market base rate 72%

Of the 92,019 held-out lots the model scored about 72%, 69% sold.

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A Dendritic Chalcedony Snuff Bottle, Official School, 1750-1850. Bonhams, 11 Nov 2022, lot 58. estimate $1,800–$2,200, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-470755.

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From the same sale Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of the Late Manfred Arnold, Part II, and Chinese Works of Art and Paintings · Nov 2022

Lot	Artist	Estimate	Result
Chen Zhongsan Signed and dated xinhai year, corresponding to 1911	An Inside-painted Glass Snuff Bottle	$1,500–$1,800
Chen Zhongsan Signed and dated wuwu year, corresponding to 1918	An Inside-painted Glass Bottle	$1,500–$1,800
Lingnan School, 1800-1825	An Early Inside-painted Tall Hexagonal Rock Crystal Snuff Bottle	$1,000–$2,000
Attributed to Ziyizi Circa 1900-1907	An Inside-painted Glass Snuff Bottle	$3,000–$5,000
Gan Xuanwen, Lingnan, 1810-1825 Signed Gan Xuan and with the hao Guga…	An Early Inside-painted Rock Crystal Bottle	$4,000–$6,000	upcoming
1810-1900, signed by Xu Youshi	A Rare Coconut Bottle	$2,000–$4,000

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An Inside-painted Glass Snuff Bottle	Attributed to Ma Shaoxuan, 1924		Bonhams, Dec 2022
An Inside-painted Glass Snuff Bottle	Attributed to Ziyizi Circa 1900-1907		Bonhams, Nov 2022
An Inside-painted Glass Snuff Bottle	Ma Shaoxian Signed and dated xinchou year, corresponding to		Bonhams, Nov 2022
An Inside-painted Glass Snuff Bottle	Signed Zhou Leyuan, 19th century		Bonhams, Nov 2024
A Dendritic Chalcedony Snuff Bottle	19th century		Bonhams, Nov 2018
An Inside-painted Rock Crystal 'fish' Snuff Bottle	Ye Zhongsan Signed and possibly dated wuchen year, correspon		Bonhams, Nov 2022

The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.