Five blue and white porcelain snuff bottles

1850-1940

1850-1940
Including two compressed globular bottles each painted with figures in a serene landscape and bearing an apocryphal Qianlong mark to the base; two cylindrical bottles: one depicting a figure offering a peach branch to the Shoulao, the other painted with figures at the prestigious Zhao Family Mansion; the fifth an ovoid bottle decorated with the legendary 'Sima Guang Smashing the Water Tank' story.
2 1/2 to 3 3/8in (6.4 to 8.5cm) high (5).